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Healthy Snacks For A Quick Fuel Fix (Preview)
By Michael Donlevy on 06/05/2010 09:23:16
If you find yourself giving in to cravings between meals, you could be undoing some of the good that comes from your otherwise healthy diet (non-subscriber preview)
mouth.The Old Coffee-Shop TrickCoffee shops would be proof of God's benevolence were it not for the fact that along with the beautiful beverage they tend to be heavily stocked with all manner of tasty, fat-filled foods that satisfy our morning
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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
: protein, omega-3 fats, iron and zinc may be deficient if meat, poultry, fish and eggs are excluded. Add calcium to that list if milk and dairy foods are excluded. To ensure you're including enough of these vital nutrients, try the following
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Put Down the Pre-race Pasta
By on 18/11/2009 11:45:26
Most triathletes turn to carbs for their pre-race meal. But should they?
by the likes of Lim has challenged and even corrected popular notions about food, particularly about carbohydrates and fat. Proponents of this new approach believe, for example, that a diet heavy in starch causes your body to burn sugar instead of fat, so you
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Food sense
By on 01/06/2012 12:31:38
Every day an awful lot is written about food and much of it seems to contradict what was written the previous day so you’d be forgiven for thinking that the pressure to make sense of it all is just too much. But certain rules do not change and if you foll
1. Beware the labelsFood labels that say ‘low-fat’, ‘light’ or ‘healthy’ don’t always tell the whole truth. A product must contain less than three per cent fat to earn the ‘low-fat’ label, but that can mean it’s full of sugar instead
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All you can eat
By on 01/06/2012 12:17:51
Eating right is as important as training well. So we will give you all the nutritional tools you could ever need to eat the right foods in the correct amounts – in training, on race day and whenever you’re peckish
used in margarines and biscuits as a cheap alternative to butter. You’ll find them in abundance in processed foods because they also help to prolong shelf life. The dangers of trans fats are well known and steps are being taken in several countries
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Healthy Fast Food
By Chris Broadbent on 08/03/2010 17:52:28
Your best meal is probably the one you cook yourself, but sometimes you have to make do with takeaways, which can be something of a nutritional minefield
pizza BAD CHOICE: Meat feast pizzaIndian"You have to be careful with Indian food because a lot of the meat is cooked in ghee, which is clarified butter," warns Currell. This means that the fat content can be quite high.However, some of the spices used
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Can You Count on Calories?
By Clint Carter on 24/08/2011 14:53:52
It’s a basic unit but it’s tied to a tricky concept. Learn these food secrets and you’ll have a much better idea of how much you should be eating.
the US Department of Agriculture appropriated it for a report on nutrition. Specifically, a calorie was defined as the unit of heat required to raise 1g of water 1 degree Celsius.To apply this concept to foods such as sandwiches, scientists would set food
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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
in calories to low-fat milk", but then putting a small knob of butter on top as food for the eyes.12. CornflourStir a little cornflour into your soups and the starch will instantly thicken watery affairs into hearty, healthy broths. As a bonus, cornflour
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Take it away
By on 08/02/2013 12:53:48
Your best meal is probably the one you cook yourself, but sometimes you have to make do with takeaways, which can be something of a nutritional minefield. We asked Dr Kevin Currell, Performance Nutritionist for British Triathlon, for advice on 10 high-street takeaway options, from the not bad to the perfectly awful.
overseas races, particularly if they are a little unsure about the local food. But it’s not all good news, says Currell. “It’s better to avoid the pizzas that include high-fat meats such as salami. They contain fats that are most likely to induce
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Carb Your Enthusiasm
By on 18/11/2009 15:26:47
Carbohydrates have had a bad press in recent years, but they are vital for triathletes. You just have to know what to eat, and when
of nutrition, it ranks foods based on their effect on blood sugar levels.The rise in sugar levels is graded from 0 to 100; the higher the number, the faster the absorption of carbs. Foods such as oatcakes, strawberries and cashew nuts have a low GI (under 55
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