Bananas must be the ultimate healthy snack, packaged in their own smart yellow wrapper and packed with essential vitamins, minerals and fibre. They also contain far more carbohydrates than most fruits, but are lower on the glycemic index than most tropical fruits. Made even lower by eating them with a handful of nuts or seeds.

Bananas pack lots of dietary fibre, with 100g — roughly one small fruit — providing 14% of your daily dose. Epidemiological research in the US has shown that eating plenty of high-fibre foods can, in the long term, lower the risk of …

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Water is absolutely essential for every function of the body. It is necessary for digestion, absorption, circulation and excretion. We might be able to survive without food for five weeks but we can’t live more than 5 days without water. We’re all made up of more than 70% water and we need every drop to help transport nutrients and waste products in and out of the cells, carry waste out of the body, and maintain body temperature.

Most of us do not drink enough water. We should all be drinking six to eight glasses a day. Try hot water and a slice of lemon before breakfast: it’s wonderfully refreshing and excellent for the liver. Herbal teas do count towards your liquid intake but other drinks don’t.

But do you know exactly what is in the water that you drink? …

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Researchers from the University of London have found that being with your loved ones makes you happier than being rich can and regularly seeing family and friends is as a good as getting an £85,000 pay rise!

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