Summer smoothies

The health booster
100g fresh/frozen berries, 300ml skimmed milk, four ice cubes
The science: Berries provide a low-fat source of energy while boosting your antioxidant count, which boosts immune function and reduces swelling.


The muscle builder
One banana, 300ml skimmed milk, 200g low-fat yoghurt
The science: These ingredients will combine to pack extra carbs into your system, while the quality proteins from milk and yoghurt will help build bulk.

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Huw was on the FourFourTwo staff from 2009 to 2015, ultimately as the magazine's Managing Editor, before becoming a freelancer and moving to Wales. As a writer, editor and tragic statto, he still contributes regularly to FFT in print and online, though as a match-going #WalesAway fan, he left a small chunk of his brain on one of many bus journeys across France in 2016.