Try this warming toddy to boost your winter wellbeing!

For a toasty pre-exercise glow, try a hot drink, such as manuka honey with lemon, cinnamon and ginger. Manuka honey has anti-inflammatory, infection-fighting properties, and may help defend your body against viruses, according to research.5 Or, thaw out and reward yourself when you get home with a traditional hot toddy. Studies have shown moderate amounts of alcohol can have a beneficial effect on the immune system.6 Try one part whisky, one part manuka honey and three parts hot water, along with three dried cloves and freshly squeezed lemon, to taste.

The promise of a delicious toddy makes the idea of a chilly workout

Buddy up! Having an exercise buddy is a great way to stick to your plans. You might be able to talk yourself out of a workout when it’s just you – but if a friend is relying on you to join them for a burst of activity, it’s hard to let them down. So get together with someone else who finds exercise a struggle – or join a walking or running club, or a sports team.

Get fit indoors! If you really can’t

let coughs get in the way. There’s no real health reason to avoid exercise if you’re coughing and spluttering – but you may feel less like doing it. Get past that by dealing with the cough so you’re free to swim, dance or do whatever else you enjoy. According to Dr Tessa Lewis, chair of the NICE antimicrobial prescribing guideline group, honey can soothe symptoms effectively.7 So have a spoonful of manuka honey to help tackle a cough.