10th May 2014
This recipe is from The Medicinal Chef – I use them as energy bars before or after a training session. They beat anything you could buy!
1 tablespoon coconut oil, plus extra for greasing
3 very ripe bananas
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
280g porridge oats
2 tablespoons...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Recipes
Read more...23rd October 2013
Regular moderate to vigorous exercise improves teenagers’ academic performance, and particularly seems to help girls do better in science, according to research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The improvements were sustained over the long term, with the findings pointing to a...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Children's Health
Read more...25th July 2013
Athletes seeking a healthy performance weight should eat high fiber, low-energy dense food balanced with their training regimen in order to maintain muscle while still burning fat, according to a report published in the Nestle Nutritional Institution Workshop Series. The paper looked at the benefits of teaching...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Weight Management
Read more...14th February 2013
An updated Cochrane Review on vitamin C and the common cold has found vitamin C to be particularly beneficial for people under heavy physical stress. In five randomized trials of participants with heavy short-term physical stress, vitamin C halved the incidence of the common cold. Three of the trials studied...
Categories: Nutritional News, Sport & Exercise
Read more...2nd January 2013
A new study has found that when it comes to weight and fat loss, aerobic training is better than resistance training.
The study involved a total of 234 previously sedentary overweight or obese males and females, age 18-70 years of age, who were enrolled in one of three eight-month supervised protocols: aerobic...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Weight Management
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