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Easy Upgrades
By Matthew Kadey on 28/06/2010 14:11:03
Pack even more nutrition into already healthy meals by adding one of these ten simple extra ingredients
the nutty-tasting oil in the fridge to make it last longer.Eat better:Give your trail mix a nutritional boost by adding tart, unsweetened dried cherries. They contain anthocyanins, which are flavonoids that speed up muscle recovery.
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No-Nonsense Nutrients
By Liz Applegate on 05/06/2002 19:32:37
When it comes to negotiating the nutritional minefield, there are just 10 essentials that will keep you running fit
at risk of heart disease. In addition, folate keeps blood cells healthy and fights off a severe form of anaemia.Folate is often added to breads and cereals, so it’s not difficult to ensure you meet the Recommended Nutritional Intake (RNI) of 200ug (or 600
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Fuel Your Fire
By David Morton on 02/02/2010 14:31:41
The perfect nutrition strategy is the key to success in long-distance races. Here's a simple guide to keeping your tank topped up
'.But despite all the hours of putting left after right, if you're not prepared to provide your body with the fuel it needs along the way to the finish line, you won't get there half as quickly as you'd planned. A race nutrition strategy is as important to your
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Fruit Punch: Five Smoothies
By Jessica Girdwain on 05/09/2011 16:29:16
Give these five high-powered concoctions a whirl and get a real fruit punch
A smoothie is a great way to start the day, and with a little imagination you can give yours a real kick.Have a little patience with the preparation: a study from Penn State University in the US found that people whose smoothies were blended for five minutes ate 12 per cent less ...
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Q+A: Is eating my main meal after 9pm unhealthy?
By on 10/06/2011 14:31:46
in the evening, try a stir-fry, omelette or frittata (including a variety of seasonal vegetables). Henrietta BaileyHenrietta Bailey is a nutritionist who works as part of the Pure Sports Medicine team (puresportsmed.com). She specialises in sports nutrition
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Disordered Eating: Running on Empty
By Caleb Daniloff on 09/04/2012 09:00:00
Discover how the pressures of performance and self image can take you across the line from smart nutrition to damaging ‘disordered eating’
worst nightmare. But somewhere, I’d heard that I could run about two seconds per mile faster for every pound I lost. Accurate or not, this information radically changed my diet.For the first time in my life, I started scrutinising nutrition labels. I
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Happy Eaters
By LIz Applegate on 13/11/2003 16:07:00
Food ideas to keep you happy, healthy and full of energy all winter
Winter can throw all kinds of nasty stuff at us – bone-chilling temperatures, umpteen new strains of flu and lots of gloomy, sunless days. Even fit, healthy runners need a little extra help at this time of year.Luckily, help is only as far away as your refrigerator. That’s right:...
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Our Complete Guide To Running
By on 11/02/2010 15:00:18
From your very first steps to a marathon finish line, our new publication brings you more than 1,000 expert tips on nutrition, motivation and training
,000 expert tips on nutrition, motivation, training and more.Whether you're a complete beginner or already have your sights set on a PB, this 300-page book can help you train and run better. The Complete Guide to Running is divided into 10 key chapters
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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
but your tanks are empty. Your training was spot-on and your race was going well so what happened? Your nutrition strategy was wrong, that’s what, and now your body is making you pay. It has happened to the best, but the best learn from their mistakes. It
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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.
CHINESE“There has been a lot of negative publicity about the use of the food additive monosodium glutamate (MSG) in Chinese food and there are now fewer places using it as an ingredient,” says Currell. However, it’s worth asking if it is used when you’re ordering. Try to avoid it...
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