Along with 10pm bedtimes, carrying a fully charged phone and staying off Twitter, eating your ‘five a day’ is one of those habits that makes you feel like you’ve finally got your shit together.

Read more: Tim Spector’s 4 easy ways to improve your gut health This week ... There are many reasons why 30-a-week is the new 5-a-day. Plant foods provide fibre, polyphenols and other nutrients ...

With studies showing we eat only three of our recommended five-a-day, plant-based food, gurus Steve and Dave Flynn, better known as The Happy Pear, offer clever tricks for boosting your intake.

For a start, each serving is all of your five-a-day. Second, it tastes even better the day after if you have any left overs – so that’s lunch sorted. It also costs around a tenner to make four ...

How much do you think about the friendly little microbes that call your gut home ... There are many reasons why 30-a-week is the new 5-a-day. Plant foods provide fibre, polyphenols and other ...