MUSCLE FUEL

Eating just one cup of leafy green veg each day could boost muscle function, according to research published in the Journal of Nutrition. People who ate a nitrate-rich diet, predominantly from veg such as lettuce, spinach, kale and beetroot, had significantly better muscle function in their lower limbs. In fact, those with the highest nitrate consumption had 11 per cent stronger lower limb strength than those with the lowest nitrate intake.