We all know that food is where we get most of our nutrients. That’s why we tend to cook a variety of different foods. It is also why we need to mix lots of different ingredients in order to get a good balance of nutrition. However, it’s worth remembering that you can also take supplements if there are certain types of foods that you don’t want to eat. Supercharging your daily meals with supplements works well for those on restrictive diets.

A great example of this is with a vegan diet. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has previously warned that vegetarians and vegan tend to lack the essential vitamin B12 which is often found exclusively in animal products. A lack of this can often lead to anaemia and blindness, or even cause muscle weakness and numbness. To remedy this, vegetarians and vegans can take supplements for vitamin B12.

However, taking a pill before or after your food is a little boring and can often be expensive. That’s why we’re going to talk about supercharging your daily meals with supplements instead of just taking them in a pill form.

There are loads of superfood powders that you can add to food

There are actually a surprising number of superfood powders that you can find in health food stores and even online. These powders generally contain a very high dosage of a particular supplement. Therefore you only need to add a spoonful or even less to get the benefits. These nutrient-dense powders are often added to smoothies and drinks. But they can even be used in baking as substitutes or even sprinkled over your weekday meals to give it a nutritional kick.

Keep in mind that some of these powders are completely tasteless, meaning they won’t change your food in any meaningful way. However, some superfood powders will have some kind of taste. This can be beneficial in some ways, such as adding a bit of sweetness or bitterness to a drink. However, it can often ruin the flavour of your food if you’re not careful.

Hemp seeds are very nutritious and a good source of protein. You can buy organic shelled hemp seed from Gold Bee. There has been some suggestion that the antioxidant effect of hemp seed can help with our immune system. Plus the omega-3s content helps protect our heart. Hemp seeds apparently have a pleasant nutty taste similar to pine nuts or sunflower seeds.

You can also buy supplement oils to add to food and drinks

You can also try a number of different CBD foods that use the compound in oil form. The oil can be used in many different ways, such as dropped into a smoothie before blending or even adding a few drops and mixing it with different fats such as oil, butter or coconut oil. Some people even add the oils to puddings.

However, it’s important that you learn how to cook with CBD oil before you try it. Heating the CBD too much will often reduce the amount of oil and kill some of these compounds. This means that it’s going to be less effective and you’ll ultimately be wasting your money. As such, we generally only recommend using supplement oils in drinks or cold foods that don’t need to be heated or cooked. Smoothies are the easiest to supercharge as you can generally throw anything you want into the drink and it’ll work out.