Give your body sun thing a bit different!

Here JAMES MOORE reveals some other surprising ways the next few months could impact your health...

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SUMMER is finally here - but did you know that the sunny season can have all sorts of weird and wonderful effects on your body?

Boffins have recently found evidence that we get drunker during summer than winter, for example.

HEADY DAYS: Ahhh, there's nothing quite like a cold pint of lager or glass of wine in the sunshine. But do you suffer more from over-indulging at this time of year? Boozing in summer is more likely to make you drunk and lead to that inevitable hangover, according to scientists at Nagoya University in Japan. The researchers are not sure exactly why this happens, but it may be down to how our bodies process food and drink for energy during different seasons. They say it may explain why the number of patients hospitalised for acute alcohol intoxication tends to be higher in the summer months.

BUG BUSTING: Ever wondered why you are more likely to succumb to an infection in winter? A study from the University of Cambridge suggests the human immune system is stronger in summertime because a key gene behaves differently. The scientists think environmental factors like daylight and ambient temperature might be behind the changes.