Pre-workout snacks – Simply Nutricising

Make Breakfast an Egg-ssential Habit

I am sure I sound like a broken record by saying "you should eat breakfast everyday no matter the circumstances", but for some reason I still see athletes, who are not eating breakfast! Why is breakfast Egg-SSENTIAL to an athlete's performance? FOOD IS FUEL An athlete’s mental and physical health is essential for performance. As soon as you wake up, start fueling your mind & body with a breakfast of champions. BREAKFAST FACTS Your brain uses 20% of your carbohydrate food supply to function normally. Breakfast is your mental kickstart to your day by making you more alert to function properly and think more [...]

Spring into Workouts with Homemade Energy Bites

Sometimes you want to change-up your snack by making your own grab-n-go fruit & nut bars or the very popular bite size balls. Since store brought fruit & nut bars (such as Larabars, Kind Bars, Rxbars) contain only whole ingredients that you can find in your local grocery store (or mostly likely in your kitchen) and contain approximately 3-10 ingredients, why not experiment making your own! Luckily, they won't taste bad when the main ingredients are dried fruit and nuts! How bad could they be? Some recipes call for a food processor. You don't need a fancy expensive food processor. I still use the mini cuisnart for [...]