Are superfoods all that they’re cracked up to be? There’s plenty of worldwide hype about eating chia seeds, goji berries and quinoa - but what benefits do they really bring? This documentary looks at what superfoods do for people and more. How is the healthy eating boom influencing agriculture and business? There are more and more restaurants serving superfoods in Germany. Florian Klar of Bochum opened the first superfood bistro in the Ruhr region about a year ago. He buys in all types of food, using local suppliers when he can, but he also uses exotic superfoods in his meals. Quinoa, goji berries and chia seeds can now all be found in supermarkets as well. The food industry has discovered selling these products is lucrative and changed its product selection accordingly. Superfoods are simply that a foodstuff contains a high amount of nutrients. "Every country has its own superfood,” says nutritionist Matthias Riedl. Blueberries, flax seed, blackcurrants, and kale are all superfoods native to Germany. The film also takes viewers to Bolivia, a key quinoa exporter, to see how the hype has influenced farming there. Exports of the so-called "Inca corn” quadrupled between 2007 and 2013. The rising price of quinoa on global markets has led Andean farmers to increase the size of their fields. Yet after just two straight years of quinoa harvests, the soil is already exhausted and barren. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DW Documentary gives you knowledge beyond the headlines. Watch high-class documentaries from German broadcasters and international production companies. Meet intriguing people, travel to distant lands, get a look behind the complexities of daily life and build a deeper understanding of current affairs and global events. Subscribe and explore the world around you with DW Documentary. Subscribe to: DW Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW39zufHfsuGgpLviKh297Q?sub_confirmation=1# DW Documental (Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/dwdocumental DW Documentary وثائقية دي دبليو: (Arabic): https://www.youtube.com/dwdocarabia For more visit: http://www.dw.com/en/tv/docfilm/s-3610 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwdocumentary/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dw.stories DW netiquette policy: https://p.dw.com/p/MF1G
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Humans look at this the wrong way. Don’t focus on what to eat — the list is endless. Focus on eliminating foods that you should not be eating.
I’m from one of the countries where avocadoes grow naturally and I can say that 11 years ago they were easy for us locals to buy and affordable, now because they reserve the best for export it’s been difficult to get good avocadoes. The worst part is that they’re importing bad avocadoes from neighboring countries which we have to pay elevated prices for. Then our natural grown are extremely expensive too, we pay 3x the price for bad avocadoes while the countries we export to, pay what we used to pay for top quality avocadoes. Crazy and ridiculous.
Only thing 'super' here is the Marketing. Eat Fresh, eat local.
People like to make healthy eating much more complicated than it is. It doesn't need to be glamorous, "super" or "exotic" to be healthy. Just go to your supermarket or farmer's market, load up on cheap veggies, and the kitchen essentials and you've already come much further than these rich instagram hipsters have. Buy local, eat local and you will get even more variety than you could have imagined. The produce varies greatly from season to season which ensures a varied and balanced diet.
I used to follow superfoods hype, but then I realized a lot of them gave me digestive problems. Quinoa had me bloated, avocado gave me diarrhea, chia seeds had me constipated. I still eat healthy, but I focus on listening to my body more. Always stayed healthy by just eating regular fruits, vegetables, drinking lots of water, and exercising!
Sustainable food is important. Not much point in being healthy if we don't have a healthy planet to live on.
The title is misleading. It should be like "Are super foods marketing and trends just hype?" Healthy eating doesn't mean eating unsustainable overpriced foods.
"Superfood craze started as it often the case, in USA" what an intro😂😂
Healthy eating is not just hype, but the marketing of certain foods and fads are.
A microbiology professor told our class that the closer the food has been grown the more bioavailable it is to the body because it has adapted to the same environment you are living in. If that's true, then surely we should be focusing on eating locally rather than shipping food overseas. It's the same as commuting to work many miles, when many people could work closer to home. We'd be better off being more organised. I for one, must pass about 50 schools until I get to the one I work in. I believe in freedom of choice, but sure it would be better to not pollute our environment at the rate we are heading. Eventually the print on the labels will be so small and illegible in order to fit information such as 'distance travelled, and countries it travelled through' to justify the price tag. 😂
People must understand that they know what kind of food is beneficial to their health or not. The main question is the habits of the mind that used to eat the same food since a long time. Food determines the quality of your brain & mind functions. We need first to understand the mind. And listen to our bodies and sensations. Then the food will follow.
So the premium we have been paying in the western countries are only chicken feed in Bolivia.
It’s just capitalism, nothing new here folks
I love the Agronomist in this show. He talked to the locals using a Spanish dialect quite similar to that spoken by the Bolivian people. Loved his sense of humility.
I like when he says "These little ones here - they're nothing, that's chicken feed." and then laughs.
I just bought about 40 pounds of veggies from a local farm where i live and it cost me 16 dollars and it is SOOO delicious. Eat local. I live in Northern Ontario Canada where there is not a great growing season like closer to the equator. But it is still super cheap if you take the time in the growing season to go to a local farm. Check it out because they want to get rid of their produce because it only lasts a couple days for most veggies.
This was a very interesting segment. I walk around the grocery store. It is interesting how just nuts (no salt or sugar added) are placed near the vegetables but the ones that are packaged as “healthy” is in the snack aisle. Which is what contains all the added sugars. I also find it interesting how the names of the companies are usually close to either yoga life style or hiking. Separately, I remember going to Cusco and my tour guide also mentioned the problem with quinoa’s growing popularity. There are a lot of families who do not have a lot of money. It is a stable food but due to global popularity, suddenly their stable food is way more expensive now.
"Maximum Yield" - it's those two words that have and will continue to destroy whole ecosystems. The remedy is to eat local. And, also, to stop being greedy.
Eating healthy isn't just a hype but "superfoods" is just a marketing gimmick . Everyone just needs to eat a well balanced scientific diet, eat smaller portions, and keep off the sodas
So Germans pay premium price for chicken food :-)))