General Healthy Eating Tips

Eat plenty foods which are rich in carbohydrates, this will keep your energy levels high, particularly at competition times. Good sources of carbohydrates are

• Breakfast cereals – such as shredded wheat, weetabix, bran flakes, muesli and porridge.
• Bread – wholemeal, granary, pitta bread, rolls, crumpets, bagels.
• Crisp bread, water biscuits, wholemeal crackers, oatcakes and rice cakes.
• Pasta
• Rice
• Potatoes – boiled, mashed and jacket (not chips!)
• Pizza bases – choose low fat toppings
• Beans – baked, red kidney, borlotti, cannelloni.

Vegetables – carrots, parsnips, swede, beetroot. All types of fruit. Yoghurt – low fat. Plain biscuits – rich tea, plain digestives (watch for fat content!) Sweets – jelly beans, jelly babies. Sweetened soft drinks.

Drink plenty fluids and eat plenty fruit.