Last Updated on Thursday, 18 March 2010 17:01

We may find ourselves reaching for our mum’s trusted chicken soup recipe to cure the winter sniffles or filling up on festive foods in an effort to feed off a fever, but how well equipped are we really when it comes to combating these seasonal aches and pains?

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With the cold and flu season starting it makes sense to go into the winter with your immune system in good shape, and have a few remedies to hand if you do succumb. Here are our top 17 tips to stay well this winter...

Tip 1 - Stay active

Don't let cold weather prevent you from exercising regularly. Instead stay indoors and work out to an exercise DVD or do a session with weights. As well as keeping you in good shape, exercising is also important for reducing insulin resistance, controlling blood glucose and helping immune systems safeguard long term health.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 12:07 Written by Chris Cheyette MSc BSc RD

The number of people being diagnosed with diabetes in the UK is increasing dramatically. 

Diabetes UK reports that there are 2.6 million people currently diagnosed, with around a further half million who do not know they have diabetes. Recent figures show that in the last year the number of people diagnosed in England alone was 125,000. 

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