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Looking for nutritious food on campus? Our new outlet Nourish is the place to be!

With a menu created in collaboration with the Centre of Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism from the University's Department for Health, you can expect diverse dishes that are packed with all the good nutrients and vitamins to help fuel you through the day. 

Most of our menu contains high levels of Vitamin C, important for immune function and keeping your skin and joints flexible. It's also a powerful antioxidant, with some studies showing it can help with recovery from exercise. 

Read on to take a peek at the menu and find out exactly what nutritional benefits each dish has... 

🍚 Poke bowls 🍚

1. Bang Bang Chicken

• Protein: maintains overall health and adaptations to exercise
• Fibre: good for gut health
• Vitamin A: good for immune function and healthy vision
• Good fats: helps manage harmful cholesterol and reduce cardiovascular disease risk 

2. Spicy Tuna

• Protein: maintains overall health and adaptations to exercise
• Fibre: good for gut health
• Omega-3 oils (in fish): support heart health by lowering the level of triglyceride in the blood and is also important for maintaining cognitive function and eye health

3. Sticky Soy Tofu and Miso Aubergine

• Plant protein (tofu and edamame): important for maintaining overall health and adaptations to exercise
• Calcium: contributes to healthy bone turnover, blood clotting and muscle contraction
• Potassium: can help keep blood pressure low, which helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease
• Vitamin A: good for immune function and healthy vision
• Vitamin K: supports healthy bloody clotting and bones
• Fibre (edamame and fresh vegetables): good for gut health

🌯 Khobez Wraps 🌯

We have a range of Khobez wraps available, see just how nutritious they are: 

• Fibre (in chickpeas): good for gut health
• Protein: maintains overall health and adaptations to exercise
• Omega-3 oils (in fish): support heart health by lowering the level of triglyceride in the blood and is also important for maintaining cognitive function and eye health
• Calcium: contributes to healthy bone turnover, blood clotting and muscle contraction
• Potassium: can help keep blood pressure low, which helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease
• Vitamin A: good for immune function and healthy vision

🍛 Hot dishes 🍛

1. Chicken Makhani

• Protein: maintains overall health and adaptations to exercise
• Lycopene (in the tomato): an antioxidant properties and linked to better heart health

2. Pork Polpette

• Protein: maintains overall health and adaptations to exercise
• Lycopene (in the tomato): an antioxidant properties and linked to better heart health

3. Mexican Chicken Mole

• Protein: maintains overall health and adaptations to exercise
• Cocoa flavanols: linked to better heart and brain health
• Vitamin K: supports healthy blood clotting and bones

Did you know? Brown rice can provide a sustained source of energy if you have a busy day ahead, and fat is an essential part of our diets and not necessarily unhealthy. Good fats can help manage harmful cholesterol and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

🥤Smoothies🥤

Although an occasional intake of sugar and an increase in blood sugar is not necessarily unhealthy, it's important to control your overall sugar intake, since frequent or excessive amounts of sugar can increase calorie intake and is linked to poor dental health. 

However, if you have been doing a lot of exercise then foods with more carbohydrate may help replace your body's fuel reserves – fruit sugars may be especially useful to help replace the carbohydrate stored in your liver after exercise. 

1. Kale Kick 🥬

• Fibre: good for gut health
• Iron: important for oxygen carrying, energy production and immune function
• Vitamin K (in kale): supports healthy blood clotting and bones

2. Wild Zest 🍎

• Manganese (over half your daily requirement!): important for maintaining healthy cartilage and bone
• Vitamin A: good for immune function and healthy vision
• Flavanols (in apple): anti-inflammatory properties

3. Spinach To Win It 🍃

• Vitamin K (in spinach): supports healthy blood clotting and bones
• Folate: involved in DNA synthesis and the function of your central nervous system 

4. Cherry Poppins 🍒

• Fibre: good for gut health
• Potassium (in bananas and cherries): can help keep blood pressure low, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease
• Anthocyanins (in cherries and berries): good for memory and brain health

5. Melon Refresher 🍉

• Fibre: good for gut health
• Potassium (in melon): can help keep blood pressure low, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease

Plus, there's a range of hot drinks and cakes if you need a caffeine boost or want to treat yourself. 

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So if you're looking for a healthy and tasty meal on campus, try Nourish. Take a look at our open times to plan your next visit.