Nutrition
Introduction and how to find a sports dietitian
Specific issues:
Kit bag ideas for carbohydrate snacks
Refuelling and recovery after exercise
Useful things to keep in your store cupboard, fridge or freezer
Organisations that provide further information on sports nutrition
For more information contact a sports dietitian or registered sport and exercise nutritionist.
Recipes (reproduced with kind permission from www.asda.co.uk and www.diabetes.org.uk):
Soups and starters (click here to download all the soup and starter recipes or click on each recipe below)
Hearty Singapore style noodle broth
Salads (click here to download all the salad recipes or click on each recipe below)
Fish dishes (click here to download all the fish recipes or click on each recipe below)
Thai salmon fishcakes with potato wedges and low-fat tartar sauce
Poultry and meat dishes (click here to download all the poultry and meat recipes or click on each recipe below)
Tortillas stuffed with chicken salad
Thai style noodles with gingered pork
Pork balls with tomato sauce and spaghetti
Sweet and sour spiced pork with fruity couscous
Creamy (but lower fat!) bacon and rosemary pasta
Vegetarian dishes (click here to download all the vegetarian recipes or click on each recipe below)
Snacks (click here to download all the snack recipes or click on each recipe below)
Pineapple with scotch pancakes
Real muesli with summer fruits
If anyone would like to share any tried and tested recipes that they feel are appropriate for an athlete, please email them to rhian.owen@sportsmail.com. Selected recipes may be nutritionally analysed and published on the Sports Council for Wales website, with the name of the contributor and/or the original recipe source.
