By Dr Roger Tian

Fifty-six matches down, eight more to go before the final at Soccer City, Johannesburg.

That's nearly eight hundred more minutes of late nights, bags of crunchy snacks and pints of alcohol before the chapter closes on Africa 2010.

Besides the incessant buzz of the vuvuzelas and multiple slow-motion replays of the notorious Jabulani spinning into goal, most bleary eyed soccer fans would also be familiar with the effects of sleep-deprivation, hangovers and late night binges by now.

To ensure that you reach the finals on 11th July in tip-top condition, here are some tips for the second half of the Beautiful Game.