If you don’t drink, but want some of the health benefits attributed to red wine, pour yourself a glass of grape juice. Like wine, grape juice is full of protective pigments known as flavonoids. Unlike wine, it doesn’t stop you from driving home safely if you over-indulge.

Think twice before you enjoy a glass of wine. One small glass of wine a day adds a kilo of weight in a year- it takes 52 hours to walk off a kilo.

The antioxidant vitamin E repairs cell damage and is found in nuts and avocados.

It’s been found that sipping away on six cups of green tea each day may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Is there anything this miracle tea can’t do? Get sipping.

Did you know?

Children who eat family meals together have healthier diets than those who don’t.