Now, you might have noticed that here at DietPixie, we like our superfoods.

Another day, another superfood, you might think. Maybe you’re right. However, don’t write celery off just yet.

Studies have shown that, as well as having only a few calories to help you get stick-thin, the stick-thin veg (ahem) contains the compounds lutolin and diosmin to boost your health.

Healthy eating can come from the strangest of sources.

Sure, we all know if you eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and cut down on sugary snacks you are on the right track.

But there are foods we just don’t associate with healthy eating. Or, at least, we just didn’t even think about them in the first place.

Italians are losing the taste for pasta as the price of the popular carbohydrate continues to rise.

To make matters worse, other Italian favourites such as bread, fruit and veg are seeing their prices shoot through the roof. It gets worse, though. The Italians, known for their love of quaffing sumptuous wines, seem to be shying away from the vino. Sales of red wine in the country have fallen by 5%.

It may look like the humblest of ingredients that make up your salad bowl – but the tomato is a genuine superhero.

I mean, it even has its very own red cape. Disease and illnesses beware – the red peril is in town.

Not convinced? Well, leading pharmacist is so sure that he has compiled a book highlighting of decades of research into the health-giving properties of the humble fruit. The Red Bodyguard goes at lengths to stress the importance of the humble tomato to our daily diets.