There is so much talk these days about super foods. Since there is no official guide lines we could find we set out to find out what qualifies a food as super. It is a general consensus that a super food must be rich in a variety of multiple nutrients in order to qualify. Because of this great concentration of vitamins and other nutrients these super foods often have a wide range of health benefits and add to your over all health as well as help to address specific issues such as lowering blood pressure, preventing heart disease, and protecting the body from the harmful effects of free radicals released by the body when food is broken down into energy.