{"id":1380,"date":"2010-04-17T16:55:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T15:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2010-04-17T17:49:41","modified_gmt":"2010-04-17T16:49:41","slug":"making-the-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1380","title":{"rendered":"Making the Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1381\" title=\"NBF LOGO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NBF-LOGO-300x72.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NBF-LOGO-300x72.png 300w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NBF-LOGO-1024x247.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NBF-LOGO-150x36.png 150w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NBF-LOGO-400x96.png 400w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NBF-LOGO.png 1235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0I have a new sponsor, Natural Balance Foods. The company makes the famous &#8216;Nakd&#8217; bars, a snack which is completely natural; no added sugar, not cooked, just a mix of oats and fruit &#8216;smooshed&#8217; together. It also makes some high protein Trek bars and, if you are feeling naughty or in competition, some yummy baked flapjacks. Natural Balance also make some Nakd bars which are Gluten and Dairy free, great for those people who suffer from these intolerances.<\/p>\n<p>The directors of Natural Balance are completely enthused about promoting a healthier diet for both athletes and kids and speaking to either Greg or Jamie leaves y<a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk\/store\/nakd\/default.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1382 alignright\" title=\"NAKD LOGO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NAKD-LOGO-WITH-BEE-NO-TEXT-2-300x121.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NAKD-LOGO-WITH-BEE-NO-TEXT-2-300x121.png 300w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NAKD-LOGO-WITH-BEE-NO-TEXT-2-1024x414.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NAKD-LOGO-WITH-BEE-NO-TEXT-2-150x60.png 150w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NAKD-LOGO-WITH-BEE-NO-TEXT-2-399x161.png 399w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/NAKD-LOGO-WITH-BEE-NO-TEXT-2.png 1567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/a>ou feeling totally converted.<\/p>\n<p>I will be using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk\/store\/nakd\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Nakd<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk\/store\/trek\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Trek<\/a> bars as part of making the switch to a Low GI diet I have just embarked on, having seen nutritionist Barry\u00a0Murray of <a href=\"http:\/\/optimumnutrition4sport\">optimumnutrition4sport<\/a>\u00a0(more about that in another p<a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk\/store\/trek\/default.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1383\" title=\"TREK Natural Energy Bar Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/TREK-Natural-Energy-Bar-Logo-300x97.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"46\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/TREK-Natural-Energy-Bar-Logo-300x97.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/TREK-Natural-Energy-Bar-Logo-1024x333.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/TREK-Natural-Energy-Bar-Logo-150x48.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/2010pics\/2010\/04\/TREK-Natural-Energy-Bar-Logo-400x130.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a>ost soon) and hope that these bars will help keep my snacky cravings at bay during long days at work, leaving me in a better state to train in the evenings. Holly (my 7 year old monster) had tried one and loves them which is also a great sign for Greg&#8217;s campaign to get kids eating better snacks as, being a typical kid, she\u00a0turns her nose up at most cereal bars unless they have a picture of a cartoon character on&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I have a small taster supply to let people try, so if you see me at an event grab me and try one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0I have a new sponsor, Natural Balance Foods. The company makes the famous &#8216;Nakd&#8217; bars, a snack which is completely natural; no added sugar, not cooked, just a mix of oats and fruit &#8216;smooshed&#8217; together. It also makes some high protein Trek bars and, if you are feeling naughty or in competition, some yummy baked &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1380\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Making the Switch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1380"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1393,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions\/1393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}