WELL RESEARCHED

TEA TIME

With flu season fast approaching, we’ve heralded the news that drinking tea might help fend off the nasties. A recent study says that the flavonoids in tea (also found in red wine, FYI) might help protect against the flu virus. As if we needed another excuse to put the kettle on.

FEEL THE POWER

I’m something of a legging connoisseur – forever on the lookout for supporting, bum-lifting, non see-through styles. And Sweaty Betty’s new Power Leggings (right), £80, are ticking all my boxes. Released in a limited-edition print this autumn – get them before they go.

CLEAN AND CLEAR

Your fast track to water so pure it might as well have come from a mountain spring? Zerowater, £39.99, is proven to purify better than any other water filter on the market, according to The Consumer Wellness Centre’s Forensic Food Lab, based in the US. A five-stage ion exchange filtration system essentially means the purest H O this side of the Alps. 2