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Eat Smarter: 10 Simple, Healthy Food Swaps
By Carrie Bolt on 07/02/2007 11:59:51
Get smart next time you do your big weekly shop - it'll do wonders for your health
, you can dramatically improve the nutritional quality of your diet. Next time you’re doing the weekly shop, try to make one healthy change in each aisle of the supermarket to improve your health as well as your running.Cereal thriller Breakfast cereals
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Recipe: Grilled Chicken with Beetroot, Wild Rice and Herb Salad
By on 25/07/2011 10:00:00
Enjoy a summer salad that's bursting with health benefits
/gas 6. Heat a griddle pan until it's really hot and sear the chicken on both sides. Transfer to a baking sheet and finish cooking the chicken in the oven - depending on the thickness, it should take 10-15 minutes. You can also cook it on a barbecue.6
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Five Foods You Shouldn’t Give Up
By on 03/02/2011 12:21:37
Don’t abstain from your favourite foods - try consuming in moderation to mix pleasure with health benefits
of their surprising health benefits - we've got expert advice from dietician Dr Sarah Schenker (www.sarahschenker.co.uk).Discover the treats you can enjoy adding back onto your shopping list - and consuming in moderation - with our slideshow. Picture credit: Jeffrey
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Honey: The Facts
By Alice Palmer on 07/05/2010 15:38:40
Find out more about the nutritional and health benefits of this running superfuel - and try tasty new recipes
. These simple carbohydrates are a great source of energy - in fact, honey was even used by runners in the Olympic Games in ancient Greece in as an energy source.A blend of natural sugars (80%), water (18%), and minerals, vitamins, pollen and protein (2%), honey
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Eat Curry, Run Better!
By Anjum Anand on 14/10/2011 10:06:07
To celebrate National Curry Week, food writer Anjum Anand takes a look at the health benefits of one of Britain's favourite foods.
Week (October 9-15) so now's the perfect time to get into the kitchen and cook up a delicious and healthy curry. Choose one with lots of fresh ingredients and they can form an essential part of a runner's diet. Here are my key health
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Watch Your Iron Levels
By on 18/11/2009 13:09:05
A lack of iron in your diet can really slow you down, but it's an easy problem to treat
haemoglobin and ferritin levels. Ferritin is an iron-storing protein and this test can give a good indication of your body's iron stores.Iron aweIf you're active, you may be more prone to anaemia. Heavy training can increase your iron needs by 1-2mg per day
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Fat's Fantastic
By on 18/11/2009 13:15:49
Omega-3 is the one fat we don't get enough of - and the one we can't live without
're not getting enough omega-3s," says Leslie Bonci, one of the authors of Total Fitness for Women."What do we athletes do instead? We go straight for anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen. What we should be doing is aiming for 1,000g to 2,000mg of omega-3 a day
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The Vegetarian Triathlete
By on 18/11/2009 14:58:51
If you're a vegetarian endurance athlete you may need to keep a close eye on your diet, but that should not stand in the way of triathlon success
.In general, plants contain less iron than animal foods and only two to 20 per cent of iron from plants is absorbed by the body, compared with 15 to 35 per cent from meat. Worse still, there are various compounds in everyday foods that affect iron absorption
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30 Foods That Will Save Your Life
By on 18/11/2009 12:57:43
Triathletes tend to watch what they eat, but with a little thought, you can seriously improve your chances of staying healthy, fit and strong
pastry on your pies instead of short crust or puff pastry," says Norris. Switching to filo saves you 110kcal and 10g of fat per serving, reducing its effect on your blood pressure and cholesterol.17. Chilli peppersThey add heat to a meal, but they also
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Seven Super Veggies
By on 19/11/2009 15:31:33
These seven underrated veggies do more than fill space in the salad bowl
If broccoli and spinach are the rock stars of the vegetable world, then celery and lettuce are the stage-hands, working hard out of the limelight. For years we've dismissed these pale staples as nutritionally barren, focusing our attention
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