9 Magical Superfoods You've Never Heard Of

By Nicole Catanese & Photographed by Ingalls Photo, Refinery29

Suffering from superfood fatigue? We hear you. As much as we love kale (which is a lot, in case you couldn't tell), even we are starting to get sick of it in our daily salads.

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But just when we thought superfoods may have lost their luster, we came across nine nutritionally stellar, totally under-the-radar powerhouses. Forget salmon, avocado, and walnuts - these yummy foods and spices stem from a mix of ancient Japanese, Korean, Indian, and Middle-Eastern diets, and pack one heckuva better-body punch. Read on to get the scoop straight from the experts on these exciting new superfoods. Sorry, kale, but we may have found a new nutritional love of our lives...

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