Andrew Hamilton looks at research into iron nutrition and explains why it matters for all fitness enthusiasts, but especially women and vegetarians. ASK MOST PEOPLE to name a crucial mineral for health and they’ll probably mention iron. But while the role its in forming…
Endurance nutrition expert Renee McGregor provides easy to prepare performance boosting food and drink recipes and tips. (Food and drink that you can prepare yourself… and yes, very easily!) There are so many products on the market designed to improve your performance during…
Fend off all that the cold season fires at you with these 7 flu-fighting foods with immunity boosting secret ingredients… Chicken soup, hot lemon drinks and plenty of vitamin C. They’re the hand-me-down prescriptions for fighting off the cold and…
Salt (along with sugar) has been in the news again recently not because we’ve run out of it to spread on the roads but because we are consuming too much of it
Whilst conventional wisdom points to summer fruits and the spring harvest as being the best time for a nutritional bounty – the winter harvest can provide plenty of performance boosting nutrition too, so long as you know what to look…
We put your questions to our experts to find the answers you need. Nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert looks at what to eat at altitude… Q: I know that altitude effects the way the body responds to exercise – do I…
Endurance nutrition expert Renee McGregor provides easy to prepare performance boosting food and drink recipes and tips. (Food and drink that you can prepare yourself… and yes, very easily!) There are so many products on the market designed to improve your performance during training or competition,…
Q I want to take my races seriously, but do I have to remove all unhealthy foods from my diet? Andy Hathaway, by email A: Investing a little time into your race food can bring big results. Athletes often have…
Did you know that many healthy option foods are more likely to harm you than the so-called bad foods they replace? Andrew Hamilton explains how the latest research is turning our thinking on saturated fats upside down. A professor of…
You know carbs are the endurance athlete's best nutrition friend, but do you fully understand why?