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A Vegetarian or Vegan Diet

Food Combining

Potions for the Immune System

Daily Potions

In René Zuber's book Who Are you Monsieur Gurdjieff? he writes that master Georgei Ivanovitch Gurdjieff once explained that cooking was not a branch of medicine but rather medicine was a branch of cooking. I read this book when I was 16 and his way of thinking has stayed with me ever since.

There are many sources of advice on food for runners but I thought I'd write about what I've tried, tested and stuck with. I'll modify these pages as I try out new things.

The more I run the more obvious it physically becomes that a runner's diet has a massive impact on fitness and performance. It's important to think about a general diet as well as what to eat before, during and after training or racing.

My main philosophy when it comes to food is that natural and homemade is best. I eat raw and fresh whenever possible except of course, foods that need cooking to be digested. How food is cooked is important too. For example, I cook beans with wakame seaweed, which makes them more digestable. Correct food combining is also important for optimum digestion.

However, I never say that I'm not allowed anything - I believe in a sustainable diet that can always be followed. I have such a rebelious personality with no will power, I only do things if I want to do them in the short term with no regard for long term unless I trick myself. If I feel like drinking way too much booze or breaking any of my usual rules I go ahead. Sometimes being this way can be good socially or mentally - in some extreme cases absolutely necessary. When planning ahead I just ensure that I don't have certain things such as crisps, biscuits or chocolate available in my own kitchen so rule breaking really is occasional. Also, I literally wouldn't be able to stomach alchohol or junk food while in serious training or before a race because it would leave my body feeling bad at a time when it would be feeling pretty marvelous.