How to be the best

This is the food manual for everybody that wants that “edge”, whether it be mental or physical. In How to be the best we explore which foods to eat if you want to be faster, stronger, and smarter.

Read about the studies and watch the films in our interactive player. You can also get some Takeaway Tips to put yourself ahead of the competition.

Grazing Vs Bingeing

Is there a way to eat your food so you can perform better? Could eating little and often be better than having three square meals?

Caffeine and the brain

We look into the effects of the most popular drug to see how caffeine addicts function when you deny them their eight cups a day habit.

Fish stress buster

Can eating oily fish help relieve your stress? We enlist a group of London cab drivers to helps us find out.

Meat to Beat?

We convinced six staunch vegetarians to embrace the carnivore way for eight weeks to test whether they would become stronger athletes by eating meat. Did it work?

Carb Power

Two genetically identical teams battle it out to see what’s better for long endurance activities – a diet high in carbohydrates or a diet packed full of protein and fat.