I once worked as an English language teacher in a former sanatorium on the outskirts of Moscow.  At 11 every morning, white-uniformed nurses would march our Russian students down to the basement where they were served “oxygen cocktails”.  These sweet-tasting concoctions of foam and gaseous oxygen were supposed to give them an “energy boost”.  They certainly returned to their classrooms stimulated, though no ...

It's 25 degrees outside and for some reason I've been playing 5-a-side indoor football in a ridiculously warm council run centre which has shower facilities that are always locked onto boiling hot. To cap it all off, this is a lunchtime affair, so I'll be heading back to the office after having lost around half my body weight in sweat. Exercising, and more importantly, sweating to this level has major conse ...

It’s been ten years since Nuun first launched their electrolyte tablets; since then, their great tasting tablets and quirky branding has seen them go from strength to strength. To mark this ten year milestone, Nuun has launched 5 new flavours: grape, strawberry lemonade, tropical, lemon tea and fruit punch. The new flavours take their range to a total of 11 flavours. So what is Nuun? Nuun essentially preven ...

Over the last week and a half I have been chomping my way through the contents of a large box containing the entire product range from the Mule Bar gang. I seem to be the Bikesoup guinea pig for testing nutrition based products as I tend to use them the most. Some products are easy on the stomach, others, well, aren't. So it was a great relief to see that the ingredients used for the entire Mule Bar range c ...

This recipe is the solution to my quest to devise a chocolate and banana cake that is as healthy as a sweet cocoa fix can ever be. It tastes fantastic and delivers on so many levels. This moist and very tasty confection is wheat & gluten free, dairy free and sugar free. Sighs of amazement combine with muted apprehension. ...

Bikesoup No.2 is a delicious light broth that works very well as a post-ride recovery meal. It's packed with vitamins and has a good dose of high quality protein to aid muscle recovery. Medium burn carbohydrate in the rice noodles give you an energy boost that will last a couple of hours.  This broth will also deliver a good dose of potassium, useful if you have been sweating heavily (unlikely in winter) an ...

This gorgeous smooth Bikesoup is perfect as a pre-ride, low GI, energy fix. Tomatoes pack in the flavour too and together with the spinach give a good dose of umami - the 5th taste so treasured by culinary god Heston Blumenthal. The red lentils (look like orange discs) provide the lions share of the carbs in this cockle warmer and being super low GI (21) will deliver a steady and long release of energy thro ...