Key Highlights
- Here’s what we learned about living well this yearThe best advice for living a healthy, well-adjusted life – eat your vegetables, get a good night’s sleep, politely decline when the Jägerbombs appear – never really changes.
- Other nuggets, such as how much protein you should be eating or how to maximise workouts, seem to change every year.
- But as we wonder whether we should really give sauerkraut another go, science marches on, making tiny strides towards improving our understanding of what’s helpful.
- Here’s what you might have missed in the research this year, from the best reason to eat beetroot, to how to ruin your five-a-side performance before the game even starts.
- There’s still time to break out the pickle juice shots before 2026 …Collagen might help you jump higherCollagen’s effects on your skin might be slightly overstated – a 2023 review of more than two dozen trials concluded that supplementation has benefits for hydration and elasticity, but the effects aren’t huge.


