health and wellbeing

There was a time when nuts were regarded as a mid-winter treat. Not any more. Science has made it graphically clear that eating nuts every day of the year can be life changing or even life saving.

Dried apricots are deliciously sweet and contain a high level of nutrients. A daily portion of three or four dried apricots contain around a fifth of your daily fibre. Plus, substantial levels of potassium as well as iron, zinc, calcium and manganese.

A popular snack for many, and used in many recipes, but what is it, and is dried fruit good for you? Dried fruit is simply fruit that has had most of its water contents removed.

Nuts save lives as scientific evidence reveals that eating nuts can cut the risk of heart disease,cancer and early death. Their findings show that just 20grams of nuts a day can also slash the risk of diabetes and respiratory disease. That daily handful of nuts can save lives and cut your risk of dying early by a fifth.

If you are making the big lifestyle switch The Vegan Society recommends you should eat: five a day; starchy, higher fibre foods at every meal; protein rich foods at most meals; nuts and seeds every day; and calcium-rich foods every day.

What were the foods that gave the last year its special flavour? Based on your choices at Grape Tree this is our chart of your plant-based top ten. With a few reasons why, you might have bought them.

Can What We Eat Protect How We See? It is now accepted that a healthy diet, including those five a day, is an important part of looking after our eyes and protecting them against problems including cataracts, cloudy areas in the lens of the eye, and AMD, age-related macular degeneration.