If you are lucky not to suffer from a nut allergy, you probably eat quite a few nuts in a week, they can be a bit moreish, and a bag of them quickly disappears!

Its not a widely known fact, but nuts , beans and seeds are high in Phytic Acid. This is an inhibitor in the body, its not digestible and  restricts the uptake of nutrients, especially  the vital magnesium, zinc  and iron your body needs as these minerals bind to it and arent absorbed into the intestines.

So if you are eating nuts and seeds and love your chickpeas and beans and eat loads of green veg and take supplements, you are probably doing yourself a disservice by eating the nuts and seeds in the first place as your body will not be absorbing the goodness from the other great foods you are eating.

So what can…