Wine from cellars of heiress Doris Duke to be auctioned

Wine from the cellars of a woman once dubbed the "richest little girl in the world" will be up for auction next month at Christie's in New York.

Each of the four lots of three bottles of 1929 Chateau d'Yquem, which have a pre-sale estimate of between $15,000 and $24,000, come from the collection of the late U.S. heiress Doris Duke.

The sale will be held on Dec 9.

When Duke was born in 1912 newspapers christened her the wealthiest little girl in the world. She was the only child of U.S. tobacco baron James Duke.

Her father, who founded both Duke Energy and the American Tobacco Company which is now known as Fortune Brands, died in 1925. He left the bulk of his estate, an estimated $100 million, to his 12-year-old daughter.

Her life, with two husbands, numerous lovers and a butler who was accused of killing her, inspired books and films.

Despite gaining a reputation as a philanthropist and art collector and acquiring estates in Hawaii, Rhode Island, California, New Jersey and New York, she intimated to a journalist that her fortune was in some ways an obstacle to happiness.

But while she may not have found lasting love, she was quite a businesswoman. At the time of her death in 1993, her estate was estimated to be worth $1.2 billion.

Prosecutors decided not to charge her butler, who became a millionaire after Duke's death. The bulk of her estate went to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, which funds the arts, education, environmental efforts and other causes.

Key to staying slim, healthy is a bowl of wholegrain cereal for breakfast

London: Skipping breakfast will be of no help if you want to stay fit, instead, a bowl of wholegrain cereal first thing in the morning can ensure a trim and healthy body, concludes a study.Researchers have found that porridge or muesli in breakfast not only helps shed pounds but keeps them off too.

They have found that it stops people turning to fatty and sugary snacks later in the day.

One in five Britons has admitted that he or she skips breakfast, but researchers claim they are simply fooling themselves because the "starv­ation behaviour" makes them more likely to eat biscuits, sweets and cakes during the day.

In fact, people who tuck into cereals packed with wholegrain and fibre in the morning are less likely to binge eat, said the researchers.

Studies have found these cereals protect against many diseases and help maintain the heart and healthy blood sugar levels and body weight.

One study has shown that a bowl of cereal for breakfast could reduce the risk of heart disease by a fifth.

Being low on the glycaemic index, wholegrains help to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes, which is linked to obesity.

They also have a major role in keeping people feeling full.

The report found evidence that skipping breakfast on a regular basis was associated with a 4.5 fold increased risk of obesity.

People who eat breakfast were found to eat more vegetables and tended to be leaner and less likely to gain weight over time.

Speak up: study shows stifling anger at work can kill

Men who bottle up their anger at being unfairly treated at work are up to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack, or even die from one, than those who let their frustration show, a Swedish study has found.

The study by the Stress Research Institute of Stockholm University followed 2,755 employed men who had not suffered any heart attacks from 1992 to 2003.

At the end of the study, 47 participants had either suffered an attack, or died from heart disease, and many of those had been found to be "covertly coping" with unfair treatment at work.Men who often used these coping techniques had a two to fivefold higher risk of developing heart disease than those who were more confrontational at work, the study showed.

The researchers said they could not answer the question of what might be a particularly healthy coping strategy at work, but listed open coping behavior when experiencing unfair treatment or facing a conflict as "protesting directly," "talking to the person right away," "yelling at the person right away" or "speaking to the person later when things have calmed down."