With their great taste, colour and texture, dried organic plums are a naturally sweet snack with great health benefits. They can be used to flavour porridges, dry breakfasts, smoothies, make herbal cocktails, add to stews, stuff soy paste, seitan or tofu. Dried plums have a higher concentration of valuable substances than fresh fruit, but that’s not all. Here are reasons why you should include them more often in your diet.
Health benefits of plums:
The vitamin C in plums helps the body to heal, increases muscle mass and builds blood vessels, and also looks after eye health.
Prevents heart disease: the phytochemicals and nutrients in prunes reduce inflammation that causes heart disease.
Helps regulate blood pressure: the potassium in prunes is useful for controlling blood pressure in two ways. It helps your body get rid of sodium and reduces stress on the walls of your blood vessels.
Rich in antioxidants: these substances protect the body against cell and tissue damage that can lead to diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cancer. Antioxidants also help reduce anxiety.
Helps regulate blood sugar: plums are rich in fibre, which helps slow the rise in blood sugar after eating carbohydrates.
For healthy bones: prunes help fight osteoporosis, thanks in part to the boron in the fruit, which helps optimise oestrogen levels while facilitating calcium absorption and helps convert vitamin D into an active form, also essential for calcium absorption in bones.
