All Entries in the "Nutrition" Category
Eat More Not Less
Do you ever think in terms of fuelling your body like a car? Making sure it’s always full to avoid it breaking down, and aiming to get the best out of it when you use it. Or do you often wait for the empty light, then fill up wherever you happen to be, and wonder why it costs you so much and doesn’t run that well?
Prepare for the party season
As the long winter evenings draw in, weinevitably find ourselves staying in more often to enjoy our favourite TV shows and snacking on our favourite comfort foods….and although it’s easy to become complacent and let the winter pounds pile on, why not follow a few easy steps that will ensure you enjoy the run up to Christmas but are still in great shape for the party season?
5 Golden Nutrition and Hydration Rules
Getting started in healthy eating can be a bit of a daunting task. There seems to be so much conflicting information and advice available, it is hard to decide which bit to listen to.
10 Healthy Breakfast Options
Porridge and berries
Use oats and skimmed milk to make your porridge, then add any berries such as strawberries, raspberries or blueberries and honey. This is a great way to start the day as the oats have a low GI (Glycaemic Index) this tells us that oats do not raise the blood glucose level very quickly, which is good as it can help stabilise the appetite. Just go easy on the honey!
Guidelines To Healthy Eating – Part 2
The phrase “You are what you eat” is only partly true. If you think of your body as a finely tuned engine and food as fuel, if you are not adequately digesting your food and absorbing the nutrients from it then you are not going to be sufficiently “fuelling” your body.
Reducing Your Intake of Salt
In the last thirty years or so, salt (sodium Chloride) in the diet has received bad press, being linked with hypertension (high blood pressure), heart disease, stroke, kidney problems and other disease states.
Top 10 Nutritional Tips For Runners
As an athlete, you need to know about nutrition and how what you eat affects your performance. Without going into too much detail (which would be easy on this subject) we have compiled what we believe to be the Top Ten
Nutrition: Get Back To Basics
Creating the perfect nutrition plan to meet your needs is just a series of simple steps. The perfect nutrition plan will keep you fuelled, keep you at the weight you need to be at to perform optimally and keep you feeling great at all phases of your training.
If you can ensure that you follow these [...]
Eating Out and “Take Aways”
Eating out and takeaways have become a more popular and regular event in our busy lives. Just because you are trying to lose weight or improve your health doesn’t mean that you cannot participate, but maybe some forward planning with regards to what and where you will be eating can help keep you on track [...]
The Key to Weight Loss For Runners
For those who find it difficult to lose weight there seems to be a common underlying thread. While I am not suggesting there is only ever one miracle answer there does appear to be a common theme or pattern of underlying behaviour that if changed, is likely to lead to weight control.
