Why eating seasonal fruit and vegetables is the key to a healthy gut 2 Feb, 2021 01:21 AM 5 minutes to read When it comes to improving your gut health, you can't go past fresh fruit and veg. Photo / Getty Images When it comes to improving your gut health, you can't go past fresh fruit and veg. Photo / Getty Images Daily Telegraph UK By: Eleanor Steafel When Rebecca and David Fryer sign up a new customer to their fruit and vegetable delivery boxes, a familiar request often comes through. "Can we have sweetcorn in our box every week?" Hand-picked on their land just south of Manchester, the Fryers' corn is fresh, delicious and full of nutrients. It also only grows for about five weeks out of every year.