foods get all the salt they need without trying. The Food Standard Agency’s (FSA) recommended daily salt allowance is six grams, and if you have toast and cereal for breakfast, a pasta salad and yoghurt for lunch, and a midday handful of low-fat crisps

Running is about self-improvement, not Spartan self-denial. As performance coach Kim Ingleby (energisedperformance.com) says, "You need a balance: training, recovery, food and fun." So while runners might idolise the original marathon runner

advice," says Clark. "I've always believed that the healthiest foods are the real foods - the quality vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat dairy and lean proteins packed with everything runners need." If you want to lose weight... Sorry, but you won

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are low in fat, protein and fibre, such as bagels, cereals, bananas and high-carbohydrate drinks or bars.Water stations You're likely to encounter at least one water station in a big 5K. Make use of it, because even a slight drop in body fluid can hurt

In the December issue of RUNNER’S WORLD, we introduced you to three intrepid volunteers willing to let us train them up from being absolute beginners to running the Flora London Marathon in April. You’ll be pleased to know that, after six weeks

demands on your body through daily living and exercise become greater than the energy you are putting in to it as food. To shed a stone of fat you need a calorie deficit of 49,000 calories, which may sound like a huge number but works out at little more