Chiro1Source - June 2021

KALE, SEAWEED, AND OTHER NOT‑SO‑NEW SUPERFOODS

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Everyone knows how it feels to open the supply cabinet and reach in for the supplies you need, only to find the shelves empty. It starts with an awful sinking in your stomach, followed by a descent into stress. Not only is the activity you were about to do suddenly impossible, but you also have another item on your to-do list: placing a supply order! If you’ve been in that situation before, we have good news for you. There’s a way to make sure you always have your favorite supplies for your clinic. It’s called the Chiro1Source Auto-Ship Program. Yes, you read that right: With just a few clicks during your next order, you can automate the shipment of your favorite supplies! Signing up to have products shipped to you on a recurring basis will ensure your cabinet is never empty. Plus, you’ll save money on current and future orders!

There’s nothing so trendy as a new superfood or diet, and the “in vogue” ones change constantly. Older readers may remember the Atkins diets and other fads of the early 2000s, but younger ones may not even remember a time before the paleo diet was a thing — and it’s already almost a thing of the past. Many things we associate with these trends, though, are anything but new. We see this most clearly with the grains we turn to in the name of health. Westerners generally wouldn’t be familiar with quinoa, amaranth, teff, or kamut if it weren’t for their presence in the hippest healthy-eating Instagram feeds. Many of these foods hail from Africa or the Far East, so it’s understandable we don’t know them all — but there’s nothing really new about them. People in the Americas and the Old World have eaten quinoa for 3,000–5,000 years. Teff, which is technically a grass seed, was one of the first domesticated plants, emerging thousands of years ago in what is now Ethiopia.

Alternate sources of protein and fiber show a similar trend. Seaweed — the perennial favorite of Twitter dieters everywhere — has been consumed in China, Korea, and Japan since before recorded history. If you know anything about recorded history in those regions, then you know that’s a long time! And kale, whose reputation precedes itself, has been cultivated since at least 2,000 B.C. in Greece, Asia Minor, and other parts of the Mediterranean. So, the next time you dig into your favorite health food, take a moment to Google what you are eating. You might be part of a long line of human beings who have turned to that food for sustenance over the millennia!

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