dairy products - milk, soft cheese, yoghurt, ice cream and cream sauces. Make sure all meat and seafood is well cooked (served steaming or piping hot) - stay away from raw shellfish.  TreatmentThere are a number of over-the-counter medicines

ingredients with ice; strain into a tall glass.Only 120 calories, and 37 per cent of your Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of vitamin C.Contains potassium and lycopene, an antioxidant that helps protect muscles from damage.STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRIIngredients: 40ml

you stay healthy. A poor recovery strategy can lead to fatigue, chronic tiredness, muscle soreness, poor sleep and increased susceptibility to infections and injury.   Recovery in the body involves a complex process of adaptation to the physical stress

adapting to a regular (or increasing) training load. Long runs, hard sessions and races also leave your immune system dramatically lowered, so knowing what to eat, drink and do immediately after exercise is vital for staying fit and healthy too.Keep Moving

it is,” says Gidus.  As long as you don’t gorge yourself, you’re not in much danger of gaining weight. Common sense, as ever, is important: if you routinely spend too much time in the evening with tubs of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, you’re eventually

college distance runners covering 5K in a 32.2oC heat chamber with and without ice vests to cool their core before their efforts. The "precooled" runners finished 13 seconds faster, which is more than the gap that will separate many gold

are to be expected, but don't let them put you off your next cycle of training or another race. It's easy to recover, stay in great shape and be ready for the next challenge if you follow these simple tips from our expert coaches and athletes. Go for a spin"After a

decreases, so your heart has to pump less blood faster to keep you cool, making you heat up more and making your heart beat even faster."The hours of training you put in make your body better at transporting oxygen to your muslces, so you stay below your

minutes whenever I trained.It was summer and we took a trip to the South of France to stay with my sister. She thought I was mad to be running in my condition. One evening, a doctor came round for an aperitif. I was all but internally examined

. But that doesn’t mean staying slim is a battle you can’t win. It’s possible to outsmart your genes and maintain a healthy weight.Case in point: a 2009 Finnish study published in the International Journal of Obesity tracked 16 same-sex twin pairs (chosen because