Retail therapies

Packed with wholegrain oats, Nairn’s Cheese & Smoky Chipotle Oatcakes (£1.40; Morrisons) are perfect if you are looking to cut your sugar intake when the afternoon snack attack hits. High in fibre, they work well either straight from the packet or with a smear of houmous or low-fat cream cheese.

Our bodies make a protein called lactoferrin – found in white blood cells and a mother’s milk – to protect against viruses and bacteria. Aussie researchers are even looking at it as a cure for Covid-19. Unfortunately, we make less as we age or when we’re stressed. Supplement your levels with Oskia Lactoferrin+ (£64; oskiaskincare.com) when you’re under par.

Even if you haven’t kept a diary since you were an angsty teen, perhaps now is the time to start again. Diary-keeping has long been linked to lower stress levels and better mental health, and the latest trend for ‘bullet journals’ is designed to help manage tasks and time better. Swallows Bullet Journal, £12 from storigraphic.com

A Mediterranean diet is linked to a long life – so there’s your excuse for really splashing out this Valentine’s Day with a vegetarian Feasting Box from London’s swankiest Sicilian restaurant, Norma. They’ll deliver a four-course extravaganza including aubergine parmigiana and fresh pasta with truffles nationwide, along with cocktails and vino (£175 for two; normalondon.com)

This is a charity exclusively dedicated to enabling and promoting life-saving research into epilepsy.

Epilepsy Research UK knows that this work holds the key to helping the 600,000-plus people living with epilepsy in the UK. Their vision is for a life free from epilepsy, whether that is through the use of improved drug therapies or finding the pathway to prevention. epilepsyresearch.org.uk