Peaches

It's coming to the end of the peach season and we have been fortunate enough to be getting some absolutely delicious peaches from our local fruit shop.  The peach is one of my favourite fruits and although there are many ways you can cook with them or add them to salads they never seem to last long enough around our house.

• Peaches are high in vitamin C, vitamin A and fibre.
• A large peach contains 10% of an adults daily potassium requirements.
• They also contain iron so are a great fruit for vegetarians and vegans.
• As with most fruits, peaches are high in antioxidants and do a good job of destroying free radicals in the body and preventing disease.

Peaches are native to China and in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) they are considered a warming food.  In Ayurvedic medicine peaches are recommended for vata types and are seen as slightly warming and an aid to digestion.