Serves: 2Preparation: 10 minutes1 ripe pear, cored and diced250g rhubarb, sliced100g blackberries25g caster sugar2 tbsp oats2 cinnamon and raisin bagels1 Place all the fruit and sugar in a medium saucepan with 1 tbsp water. Bring to the boil

of carbs, protein and even vitamins. They’re tasty and come in all kinds of flavours. When they’re good: Post-exercise. Liquid energy is better during or just before exercise. Calories: 200-300kcal per 75g barFig rolls Why they’re good: Chewy fig rolls

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strategy can push 20 per cent harder near the end of rigorous exercise than those who don't eat before they start.Try this: A bowl of porridge, one slice of toast with a tablespoon of nut butter, 200g of yoghurt and glass of orange juice. Have a gel, a

calories worth of food, he’d neither gain nor lose weight. But if he follows our weight-loss guidelines to create a 1250-calorie deficit each day, he can still consume 2740 calories, which amounts to 16 bagels or 27 bananas or 34 apples or 14 servings

-boosting range of nutrients. Or you could try one of these...1. Buy a pot of low-fat fromage frais and throw in some dried apricots with some nuts and seeds. All of these have a low GI (Glycaemic Index), which means they release energy slowly and help prevent

specify not just how many servings of carbohydrates you should be eating every day, but also what type of carbs each serving should consist of. The guidelines recommend an average of 150g of carbohydrate per day (based on a 2,000kcal-per-day diet) and call

calories than you would from a bagel with two tablespoons of cream cheese. The McMuffins have 580 calories, 24g fat and 34g protein. The bagel delivers 643kcal, 28g fat and 20g protein.Drink Ginger Ale Instead Of ColaBesides packing too many empty calories

slice of toast or half a bagel. Alternatively, a few swigs of a sports drink can give you a quick boost – these are easier to digest than solid food, and are a good source of carbohydrate if you can’t stomach anything more substantial.Keeping hydrated

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