Eggs boost vitamin E in salads

Eating a big, healthy salad that's chockfull of a variety of colourful veggies - kale, peppers, broccoli, tomatoes, carrots-for lunch is an easy way to get a wide range of essential daily nutrients.

And a study from 2015 revealed that simply adding some eggs to your salad can bump up your body's ability to absorb antioxidants called carotenoids by up to eight times. Now a follow-up study has found that tossing three cooked eggs into a salad can increase your absorption of vitamin E nearly sevenfold. Vitamin E-found mostly in leafy greens, oils, seeds, and nuts-has potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, supports the immune system, and may help prevent heart disease, so use this easy trick to up your levels without taking supplements.

Curry can beat down inflammation

Getting 200mg of curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric (the base of most curries), a day can reduce muscle damage from intense training, the American College of Sports Medicine reports.