• It all starts with breakfast and if you are always running to get to the office on time, you might well be tempted to skip this vital meal. If you habitually grab a coffee and danish on the way in you are just giving yourself an adrenaline hit (which perpetuates stress damage) and a meal of empty, nutrient depleted, calories. Ideally allow an extra 15 minutes each morning to eat a bowl of muesli cereal and a piece of fruit or a couple of slices of wholegrain toast and a glass of juice.

• Healthy home-packed lunches include: Sandwiches made with wholemeal or pumpernickel bread; Use tomato salsa, hummus or Branston pickle to moisten the sandwiches instead of butter or mayonnaise; Vegetable soup or left-over casserole in a flask; Make a salad box adding in, for example, chick peas, sunflower seeds, strips of lean meat, grilled peppers, sun-dried tomatoes – a trawl through the left overs in your fridge usually will give you ideas of what to add to the basic salad; Rye crackers with a boiled egg or a can of sardines and a couple of tomatoes; hummus, Pitta bread and cruditées; Ham slices wrapped around dried apricots.

• Healthy restaurant lunchtime options include: Start with a salad (ask for the dressing on the side so you can control how much goes on) or a vegetable soup. Baked fish or chicken with a selection of vegetables or a side salad. Pasta with a non-fatty tomato based sauce. Tandoori chicken or chick pea curry with plain rice. Fresh fruit salad with a little ice cream for dessert.

• If you have a works canteen and are unhappy with the choice get together with a few like-minded colleagues to press for change and give them ideas of what they could offer.

These tips are taken from suzannahs new book 500 Of The Most Important Stress Busting Tips You’ll Ever Need. Click here for more information.

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