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Banana and Nut Butter Bars Makes 12 INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon coconut oil 3 ripe bananas 1 tablespoon honey (local is best) 2 tablespoons nut butter (yummy with Wyldsson’s Choc, Nut & Seed Butter) 2 tablespoons mixed flaxseed. sesame & poppy seeds 280g porridge oats METHOD Mash the bananas until very smooth. Melt the coconut oil, […]

Research on the science of sports performance shows that even a naturally talented athlete, who has carefully followed a well-structured and well-designed training plan, will seriously under perform if they have the wrong nutritional strategy. However, what, when and how we eat doesn’t only affects power, strength and endurance, it also impacts working memory, problem solving, […]

Remember these ? The Fig Roll….   Fig Rolls are not a new idea, thought to have been invented by the early Egyptians, they have been mass produced and sold as a biscuit since 1891. Initially sold in America as Fig Newtons, they now come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are sold all over […]

Since writing ‘Ergogenic aids – is it possible to boost performance with food?’ in May, I have already added almonds to the list of foods that are thought to give a boost to performance. I can now add another, blackcurrants. The University of Chichester have recently announced some very interesting results, looking at the effect […]

We spend about a third of our lives asleep. Why?….. We used to believe that we slept to save energy during the night, as it was too dark to hunt. In fact the amount of energy saved by sleeping is tiny and recent research shows that far from being in active, sleep actually plays a […]

Is it possible to boost academic and tactical performance with what you eat?    As we all focus on appearance and look for the next miracle diet to make us thin and toned, the food manufacturers are looking to make as much money out of our obsessions as possible. We all seem to have forgotten that brain development […]

Ergogenic Aids As competition gets tighter and the stakes higher, athletes, coaches and sports scientists are spending more and more time looking for legal ways to improve performance and hasten recovery. Things that are taken or done to improve performance are known as Ergogenic Aids and can act to improve performance by directly influencing physiological […]

All the hard work has been done, you have trained hard and the team has been chosen. Now the most important thing to focus on is probably diet. What should you eat in the days leading up to a important competition, what you will take with you and how will you best sustain the performance required to win. […]

On-the-Go Food for Athletes….. What do Formula Ones Nico Rosberg and Sky Pro cyclist Chris Froome have in common? This weekend the current leader of the Formula One points table, Nico Rosberg, was clearly seen eating boiled potatoes in the garage before his race and members of the successful Sky Pro Cycling Team including Chris Froome […]