Clocking on Seasonal sense

INSTEAD of eliminating anything from your diet right now, eat what’s here for the asking this spring.

Start with strawberries, rich in Vitamin C, fibre, potassium, folate and the antioxidant anthocyanin. They help to balance blood sugar, with polyphenols that boost the immune system and healthy cell renewal.

and rising at the same time to keep the internal clock on time, while laying off caffeine and alcohol.

Work up a sweat walking or cycling and enjoy the spring sun which helps to regulate natural rhythms, they said.

Move on to asparagus, the slim dark green ‘trigueros’ whose season is just beginning. They are abundant in vitamin K, needed for blood clotting, heart and bone health and cancer prevention, as well as copper, selenium, Vitamin D and the B vitamins. Also, add broad beans to your shopping list. One of the world’s oldest crops, they too are brimming with nutrients that include folate, phosphorous, manganese, magnesium and the B Vitamins.

NOT everybody can get outside to exercise, however much they would like to.

That’s exactly why chair yoga, via free YouTube or Zoom sessions, can help adults ­ especially the over ­ 65sto enjoy all it has to offer in safety, however frail or lacking in flexibility they might be.

Benefits include loosening and stretching painful muscles, reducing chronic pain, decreasing stress, and

PREVENTING avocados from ripening too rapidly by submerging them in water isn’t the great idea it might appear.

The trendy practice slows oxidisation but increases the amount of listeria and salmonella bacteria harmlessly present on an avocado’s skin. Nutritionist Toby King warned that washing the skin before putting it in