30 plant foods?
Nutrition specialists recommend eating a variety of plant foods to achieve a healthy, balanced diet. The advice is to consume at least 30 different types of plant food per week. This includes vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, grains, pulses, herbs and spices.
This recommendation helps ensure that the body receives a variety of nutrients important for health, including vitamins, minerals, fibre and antioxidants.
A diversity of plant foods is also essential for digestive microorganisms to thrive. They affect the body’s metabolism, mood, energy, memory and hormones, while as much as 70% of the immune system is made up of gut activity. In other words, physical and emotional health depend on the gut.
There are many ways to include more plant foods in your diet, but if you are looking for the easiest, the answer is Sotukai! Our most popular Sotukai box contains a selection of 7 flavours made using as many as 22 plant foods. You will easily find the remaining 8 — after all, it is summer, with all its abundance!