Women's Health Australia

SUPERFOOD VS SUPERFAD

01 Tahini

As good drizzled on your morning oats as on your Ottolenghi-grade salad, this versatile sesame seed paste is packed with vitamin E, an antioxidant linked to better skin, bone and brain health. “Sesame seeds are also higher in protein than most other nuts or seeds,” says Anyia.

02 GOLDEN BEETROOT

That beetroot is good for endurance is well known. Tour de France athletes swear by it, due to its stamina-boosting nitrates. It’s also rich in glutamine, the most abundant amino acid in muscle tissue, and it’s beneficial for heart health, too. Not a fan of the super-earthy taste you get with the purple OG? Its golden cousin packs as potent a nutritional punch with a sweeter flavour.

03 GINGER SHOTS

This is a rare juicing trend worth swallowing (see page 102 for our take on the juice cleanse resurgence). An Iranian study found that 2g of ginger (its juiced form is no more nutritious, but much less fiddly) per

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