Watch your step

they both contribute towards reducing inflammation.

Dark leafy chard (acelgas) is generally around and often grows wild in gardens here once you let it in, while garlic’s diallyl disulfide can help to work against the enzymes in your body that damage cartilage.

ANYONE struggling to walk 10,000 steps each day will be heartened to know that 8,000 still bring significant health benefits.

Reaching the 8,000 target once or twice weekly cut the risk of all­cause and cardiovascular mortality by 15 per cent for 3,000 people participating in a 10­year US study.

Reaching 8,000 steps a day for between three and seven days a week slashed early death risk by 17 percent, doctors noted.

GARLIC: Its properties help to prevent cartilage damage.