Mac mail help - saved messages gone blank, lost data??

Entire email folders of mine seem to have lost all the content in them - all that remains is the heading detail on the individual emails.
It happens without much consistency -
Sometimes I will use the folder, move messages to it and they will be fine, as normal,
Then later on I will discover that ALL of the messages in this folder will seemingly have lost their data and gone blank.
It makes no difference whether viewing in the mac mail pane or opening the message up directly.
It wont happen to all folders or all subfolders
Is there a safe way of getting the messages back and preventing it happening any more?
I say 'safe' as reading through other similar threads years ago I saw suggestions about rebuilding mail boxes which others then mentioned that it completely wiped their entire mail boxes - the thought of that fills me with fear.
Im running an 2.8 Ghz i5 27" Desktop on Yosemite 10.10.1 - but it has been happening since Mountain Lion at least - Ive had this issue a few times but it seemed to be very limited and isolated, but in the last 6 months Ive noticed it happening to entire folders and I cannot let my records just evaporate like this!
(I run my home-office with it and cannot lose these records and correspondence)
Thanks in advance, distressed and frustrated.

Screenshot of blank email content:

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