or snack one or two hours before your training session and a balanced meal afterwards. The carb fiend You eat so many carbs your kitchen looks like a pasta factoryWhile a high-carb diet is generally recommended for boosting endurance and promoting
Tuna and butter bean salad Arrange 2 handfuls watercress (or other salad leaves) and some chopped peppers on a plate. Spoon 100g tinned tuna on top, breaking it up as you go. Scatter over 100g (approx of a 410g can) butter beans. Pour over 1
. Add pumpkin seeds for their Omega-3 fat content to help boost oxygen delivery during exercise and promote rapid recovery. Mid-morning snackGood Rice crackersBetter Wholemeal toast with honeyBest Fruit loafWhy? A carb-rich snack mid-morning will keep
for their Omega-3 fat content to help boost oxygen delivery during exercise and promote rapid recovery. Mid-morning snackGood Rice crackersBetter Wholemeal toast with honeyBest Fruit loafWhy? A carb-rich snack mid-morning will keep your blood sugar levels steady
fibre, iron, zinc, vitamin E and selenium. Whole-grain foods promote a healthy gut and also lower your risk of heart disease and stroke. Just four servings a day gives the same blood cholesterol-lowering benefits as statin drugs. They’ll also cut your
) with a sports drink during exercise. Both boosted blood sugar levels and endurance, and researchers at Cornell University, in the US, found that solid and liquid carbohydrates were again equally effective in promoting re-fuelling after intense
