Julie Dean's daily nutrifix

Hydrate to activate

When the suns out – its great to encourage as much out door play as possible and with both Wimbledon and cricket on the TV children can become really inspired!  The only watch out is to make sure they drink enough – they can find it quite a chore to keep topped up! But persevere because keeping hydrated really does have benefits, not only for their sporting performance but for concentration, alertness and also their general mood. When the temperature rises so does our need for fluid  but combine this with more activity and you really do have to plan ahead.

To help keep young ones hydrated:

• Don't wait until they say they are thirsty – make drinks readily available and remind them to stop and drink
• Pack a drink in their sports bag -  remind them they will perform better if they have a drink before, during  and after activity

Strawberries and Cream

Strawberries

 

Thank goodness for Wimbledon – I may not be a die hard tennis fan (I never really got over Bjorn Borg’s retirement  ..!) but I love the tradition and excitement which builds up around the event and of course bring on the strawberries. A luxury we really can feel good about indulging in – a small bowl (150g) only contains about 45 Kcals and they are an excellent source of Vitamin C – a massive 82 mg – more than your total daily requirement!

 

Technically strawberries are not actually a fruit but are classified as a “false fruit” but a portion does count as one of your five portions fruit and vegetable per day – so enjoy!

 

I love them on their own or mixed with other summer berries but if you have to have them the traditional way with cream – you may need to think about those extra calories..!.

 

A tablespoon double cream – 112 Kcals

1 table spoon clotted cream – 146 Kcals

A tablespoon of single cream – 50 Kcals

One scoop (60g) of vanilla ice cream – 116 Kcals

125g  natural yoghurt – 75 Kcals

 

 

Post on Dulwich Mum's blog

I’m sure many follow the extremely engaging Dulwich Mum blog and I couldn’t help but laugh at her recent post on Fruit Shoot– yet another classic post from the Lady of Dulwich. She need not worry thought Freya is quite correct – there are no artificial colours, flavours or added sugar in Low Sugar Fruit Shoot……!!

Fruit Shoot

Recently the Fruit Shoot team sent out some of the new range for various mums to try so thought I’d give you all a brief update. 

We’ve had some great feedback from dulwichmum,  and littlemummy whose daughter Erin was particularly keen on the rucksack the drinks came in.  The Fruit Shoot team back at Britvic HQ are poring over the feedback so they can continually improve the drinks.  As always if you have any questions on Fruit Shoot or anything on nutrition then please don’t hesitate to leave a comment and I’ll do my best to answer them.