Tuna and butter bean salad Arrange 2 handfuls watercress (or other salad leaves) and some chopped peppers on a plate. Spoon 100g tinned tuna on top, breaking it up as you go. Scatter over 100g (approx of a 410g can) butter beans. Pour over 1 tbsp of dressing made by mixing 1...

-disease-risk-reducing flavanoids, too. So if only one fruit makes it into your bowl, make it an orange.Wash It Down With Grape JuiceThe best health drink for people with heart trouble is a glass of purple grape juice after a daily aspirin. The aspirin protects your heart

naïve about the level of work required to hit my goal. Nevertheless, I've got a job to do and my relay team relying on me [hums Rocky theme tune]. I've enlisted the help of our pals over at Men's Health who, for the past few weeks, have been helping me

Making healthy, performance-enhancing food choices isn't just about picking a salad rather than a quarter-pounder in McDonalds, or replacing Mars Bars with apples on your weekly shopping list. The decisions we make every time we sit down for a meal, or grab a quick snack, can hav...

Cranking up the intensity is the best way to take your running to the next level. It’s also an effective way to burn extra calories and shed body fat. A 68kg runner who picks up the pace from eight and a half minutes per mile to seven minutes per mile, for example, burns about 1...

Making healthy, performance-enhancing food choices isn't just about picking a salad rather than a quarter-pounder in McDonalds, or replacing Mars Bars with apples on your weekly shopping list. The decisions we make every time we sit down for a meal, or grab a quick snack, can hav...

Boost the nutritional quality of your diet – as well as your running performance – with these easy food swaps. SWAP: Apple FOR: Orange Oranges contain nine times more immune-boosting vitamin C than apples – each has more than 100 per cent of the recommended daily amount. They ca...

. The new rule An hour to 90 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity daily to lose weight, prevent weight gain, or maintain weight loss.Why the change? Boosting your daily activity levels is the most important step you can take towards improving your health

When it comes to food, we usually end up following the USA’s lead even if the trends that make it across the Atlantic aren’t that healthy. Just think McDonalds, Krispy Kreme doughnuts or get-thin-quick diets such as Atkins and South Beach. There is one area of nutrition, though, ...

2006 was a great one for chocolate fans. In January, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (of Washington DC in the US) published the most convincing study yet linking flavonol-rich cocoa to improved blood-vessel health. A month later