The Food Programme: Nuts about Nuts

Leyla Kazim considers the humble but, tracing the journey of this unassuming wonder food from its health benefits to its origins. Nuts, which once would have been central to the diet of our ancestors, are now often treated as a nice-to-have health choice. It's a food people need to reconnect with, and to do so, they can learn from both the latest science and other food cultures. Contributors include Professor Sarah Berry of King's College London, who has studied how the form in which people eat nuts - whole, ground, in butters or milks - affects how much of their benefits they receive