The 10 Most Important Five-A-Day Foods For Heart Health

Eating your five-a-day isn't always enough, new research suggests.

Many of us grew up hearing how important it is to eat five portions of fruits and/or vegetables a day.

But if you’re looking to boost your heart health in particular, you might want to pay attention to which fruits and veggies make the cut.

New research, published in Food And Function, found even those people who reach their recommended daily fruit and vegetable consumption might be running low in an important nutrient called flavanols.

These are chemical compounds, also known as flavan-3-ols or catechins, which are found in various plants and appear to act as antioxidants, which are linked to better heart and brain health.

They appear in cocoa, grapes, plums, and some teas, as well as other fruits and vegetables.

What’s the ideal flavanol intake a day?

We should eat 500mg of flavanols a day to see heart health benefits, research suggests.

This is why........

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