About the author
Veronika Prošek Charvátová
Veronika Prošek Charvátová MSc is a biologist and Viva! Health researcher. Veronika has spent years uncovering the links between nutrition and good health and is an expert on plant-based diets.
Any milk (plant or animal milk) is a very watery liquid, around 90 per cent is always water. Therefore, any amount of nutrients it contains is more or less diluted and...
Garlic is a true powerhouse with many sulphur phytochemicals which are stronger than those in onions and offer a number of health benefits. These phytochemicals act as antioxidants and help...
Onions contain some mighty phytochemicals such as flavonoids – naturally occurring compounds that can trigger reactions in the human body that protect your health. Research on flavonoids has shown that...
Olive trees are thought to have originated in Greece or Syria but over the last millennia and more their cultivation has spread across the Mediterranean region, making olives and olive...
Oats are, quite simply, amazing. This humble grain has so many nutrients and health benefits that if there ever was a superfood, oats are it!
Mushrooms are always firmly placed amongst the vegetables in any shop but, in fact, don’t belong to the plant kingdom at all – they have their own fungi kingdom. Their anatomy is very different...
