Nutrition


Overview

Here are some strategies to help maintain energy levels,
including a couple of examples that I have found work well.

General
- Stick to wholemeal type products such wholemeal pasta, wholemeal bread, brown rice, unhomogenised milk (cream floats on top, tastes great), butter & raw sugar.
  Avoid processed foods such as refined pasta, white bread, sugar, white rice, homogenised milk & margarine spreads.
- Eat lean meats such as Beef, Lamb, Chicken, Tuna, Salmon
  Avoid unbeneficial meats such as pork & crustaceans (prawns, crab etc)
- Drink unprocessed (chilled) fruit juices, not reconstituted.

Endurance exercise
Use carbohydrate loading such as eating pasta to maximise Glycogen reserves in the liver & muscles to avoid hitting the wall.

During exercise
Electrolyte (home made recipe): Breakfast juice, sea salt & herbs, pure maple syrup & half squeezed lemon.
Banana
Freedom Foods Omega Bar 40g (buy pack 6)
Edens Sesame Bar 45g (includes Glucose, milk, rice, malt, honey etc) 28g carbs, 3g protien
Naytura Fruit & Nut Bar 50g (Glucose)
Power bar Performance Chocolate 65g (Glucose)

When not exercising:
San Remo Wholemeal Spirals 500g (durum wheat semolina) 1487kJ, 69% carbohydrate, 13% protein. Health & nutrition info
Middle East Bakery Khobz Wholemeal 500g Lebanese Bread (Pita)
Pauls Parmalet Pure Organic unhomogenised milk 2l
Subway Chicken Sub (get's a 5/5 rating)

Recipes
Power Energy Bar (Home made)

Retailers
Woolworths Homeshop
Aldi
Choice

Links
Cycling
The food that keeps the wheels spinning (Tour De France Menu)
Rice Pudding (the many ways to make one)



Last updated 12-Dec 08