What are the super six plants?
Plant points are a way of measuring the diversity of plant-based foods. Each variety of plant will count as one plant point. The six main plant groups, or ‘super six’, are vegetables, fruit, wholegrains, beans and pulses, nuts and seeds, and herbs and spices – and they all count. What counts as a plant point? Now that we know that hitting the magic 30 can help gut health and overall health, how do we count the plant points? Each different fruit and vegetable counts as 1 point. Reassuringly, different varieties count as separate point, e.