What supplements do you add to your foods to give it a nutritional boost?

Psyllium husks?  Wheat bran?  Hemp seeds?  There are so many things I could add to a bunch of different things.  Do you ever notice any improvement in taste?

I'd really like GI Jane to answer this too - I feel like your opinion matters a lot since you don't like to stuff your body full of the weird, unnecessary stuff haha

I go by the rule of thumb that variety is the spice of life and that if you get enough variety you don't need any supplements on top.    Different colours of fruit and vegetables aren't a bad place to start.  Different types of grains and pulses.  Go for different flavours, textures, aromas....  it's all good.  Yes... sprinkle chopped fruit and seeds on your breakfast cereals, chop some fresh herbs into your salads or some grated parmesan on your pasta. 

I absolutely swear by natural herbs and spices because they contain a huge amount of essential oils and active compounds that nutritionists aren't even beginning to scratch the surface of.  Combine basil with tomatoes, apparently, and it generates a beneficial reaction in the body..... The ancient people of the Med that first put them together didn't know about vitamins or active compounds but they knew it tasted bloody good and they've been looking pretty healthy on it ever since.  

Psyllium husks, hemp seeds and bran are fine if you're constipated.... but if you're not, you should be able to get more than enough fibre from 5-a-day fresh fruit and veggies plus 3-a-day wholegrain foods. 

I add Greens + and hemp milk to my smoothie every morning. Sometimes I add a teaspoon of flax oil.

I always add ground flax seed and cinnamon to my oatmeal. I sometimes add hemp seeds but since I use hemp milk in my smoothie, it's usually not necessary.

In baking, I try to add flax seeds, wheat germ or wheat bran for a bit of extra fiber.

Everything else I eat is just good ol' whole foods.

I stir a spoonful of ground flax seed into my fat free yogurt every morning. Love it.

Also add flax seeds to any breads, muffins, etc. I make and sprinkle them on salads.

Thanks, that is what I wanted to know.  I'll probably just buy one of the above, like wheat bran, to flavor my muffins when I do baking =]

GIJane alluded to this....psyllium husks are non-soluble fiber.  Psyllium itself is, but the husks are not so psyllium husks would only be beneficial if you were constipated.

My mother is very peeved at Kelloggs All Bran Bran Buds because they say one serving gives you 13 grams of fiber....but in the really tiny print of the ingredients it says they use psyllium husks which makes 10 grams of that fiber insoluble and only 3 grams soluble.  NOT what she wanted.