frequently asked questions
Have questions about SUPERFOODS? We have answered the most frequently asked questions below when it comes to our products and the ingredients in them.
What are superfoods?
Most superfoods are plant-based. Superfoods are nutritionally dense and thus good for one’s health. Superfoods refer to foods that offer maximum nutritional benefits for minimal calories and are packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants and all the goodness that mother nature has to offer.
Why are superfoods good for you?
Superfoods can give your lifestyle a health boost like no other, while reducing your risk of heart dis- ease, memory loss, and many other health problems. These foods pack a nutritional punch that will leave you feeling full of energy with enhanced vitality. They’re strong sources of vitamins, minerals, fibre and other nutrients that are not commonly found in many everyday foods we are accustomed to eating.
How can SCO superfoods benefit you and your family?
Superfoods have a host of benefits. When you make the choice to include superfoods into your daily lifestyle, you’ll be well on your way to providing the best health to you and your family in every sense of the word. Superfoods are full of vitamins, soluble fibre and phytonutrients. These are nutrients in plants that offer many benefits that are almost impossible to describe, you will most certainly feel the difference once you start to use these amazing foods in your everyday life.
Imagine a superfood, powerful enough to help you lower your cholesterol, reduce your risk of heart dis-ease and cancer, and as an added bonus, put you in a better mood, give you more energy and make you feel amazing! Well these life-altering superfoods can do just that – and is a sure way to keep you and your family healthy and happy too.
Can children eat superfoods?
Children benefit tremendously from superfoods as they are packed full of nutrients that have a wide range of health benefits. Many common superfoods can be added into your child’s diet, through smoothies, into everyday meals, homemade treats, iced tea drinks so they can reap the health benefits, without making a fuss. By adding superfoods, you can maximize the vitamins, minerals, fibre and healthy fats your children eat at each meal or snack.
Are superfoods good for pregnant women?
Most definitely! To fuel up during your pregnancy, superfoods are a must as it is a time when you should pay extra attention to the foods you consume to aid in proper fetal development. Pregnant women require high levels of magnesium, vitamin A, folic acid, potassium, protein, calcium and omega-3 fatty acids which are prevalent in a lot of superfoods – this will without a doubt keep you and baby very happy.
Superfoods and gut health?
Healing and keeping your gut happy is important for your body and mind. Having healthy gut bacteria is important for your health. Gut health can be optimized with a plant-based diet, i.e. superfoods. And the bonus is healthy-looking skin so you can look years younger!
Superfoods and cancer?
What is a fact is that good nutrition is important, especially for cancer patients so superfoods have really become a term synonymous with good health. Chat to our lifestyle practitioner for more information on how to assist with diet, and how to include superfoods into your everyday meals.
Superfoods and diabetes?
Blueberries and other berries have some of the highest levels of antioxidants and may reduce the risk of heart dis-ease and cancer. They also have anti-inflammatory properties and are excellent choices for people with diabetes. Include superfoods in your diabetes diet to lower blood sugar, burn fat, reduce inflammation and gain more health benefits without feeling deprived in any way.
How can superfoods help athletes?
Superfoods deliver a great hit of anti-inflammatories to assist muscle recovery……. Eating superfoods before a match can help fight the free radicals…… A whole-food, plant-based diet will do wonders for your energy and your health, not to mention your mind and soul…….
Superfoods are booming in sports performance. Their ability to boost and power performance is stunning as they are natural rocket fuel.
What you eat before and after a workout can greatly affect how you feel and how you play. Choosing your pre- and post-workout meals are an important part of training and recovery.
What do all superfoods have in common? What makes them super?
Most superfoods are plant-based. All superfoods have a very high nutritional density. They provide a substantial amount of nutrients and have very few calories. They contain a high volume of minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. Antioxidant molecules decrease or reverse the effects of free radicals that
have close links with health problems such as heart dis-ease, cancer, arthritis, stroke, respiratory dis- eases, immune deficiency, emphysema, Parkinson’s dis-ease.
What makes superfoods so super is that they are foods that offer high levels of desirable nutrients linked to promoting personal health and wellness or preventing dis-ease and sickness.
What are the top superfoods you can eat?
Dark leafy greens, nuts, seeds, all berries, hemp seeds, sea buckthorn, cacao (not cocoa), lucuma, goji berries, chia seeds, moringa, purple sweet potato, ancient grains such as teff & quinoa, green tea, kefir & the list goes on.
Why should one use supplements?
As our food source isn’t as whole as it once was, good supplementation has become an essential part of our lives. Supplements are a natural way of boosting your immune system and a cost-effective way of keeping yourself healthy.
Supplements include vitamins, minerals, and herbal products, also known as botanicals. People take these supplements to make sure they get enough essential nutrients and to maintain or improve their health. Natural supplements will do wonders for your health without any side effects, nature has always provided everything we need at its best.
Most medications deplete essential nutrients and in this age of pharmaceutical drugs, natural supplements help to restore balance. Natural supplementation may aid in preventing some health issues like high cholesterol.
Why use natural supplements?
Many of the natural foods are very good for you and give you the nutritional requirements that your body needs such as enzymes and antioxidants. The natural supplements available in our SynerChi Organics product range help provide your body with all the nutrients your body needs to be healthy and perform optimally.
What makes our supplements one of the best available?
At SynerChi Organics we only source from the best-of-the-best organic suppliers to ensure that what we are putting into your body is good enough for you and your family, we trust our partners and do what we can to only provide the best as we know that health is the most important element to have well into your old age & when supplementing we understand that quality is key.
What makes a healthy lifestyle?
A healthy lifestyle has both short- and long-term health benefits. Long term, eating a balanced diet, taking regular exercise and maintaining a healthy weight can add years to your life and reduce the risk of certain dis-eases including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular dis-ease, osteoporosis and obesity.
Healthy diet, regular sleep, daily activity and a moderate approach to life’s stressful moments will all lead you in the right direction to a healthy lifestyle. Pursuing a healthy lifestyle offers instant gratification and increases your chances for longevity and happiness.
How do I use superfoods in the making of daily meals?
See our website and follow us on social media for amazing, healthy, nutritious recipes or send an email to info@synerchiorganics.com to request details on our meal plans, and nutritional consultations.
Much Love the SynerChi Family