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How to make the food of champions

World-record holder and four-times Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds reveals the secret to her success – a mouth-watering mackerel and beetroot salad.

Ellie’s ‘how to’ video is part of The Food Champions Project – a collection of 40 nutritional recipes revealing the refuelling secrets of sports champions. Elite athletes including cyclist Mark Cavendish, gymnast Adam Gemili and runner Lynsey Sharp have all shared their best-kept food secrets.

The Food Champions Project is a collaboration between The National Lottery and the English Institute of Sport (EIS). Thanks to you, Lottery funding supports our 1,300 elite athletes on their roads to Rio including access to the country’s top sports nutritionists at the EIS who work daily with many of GB’s leading Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

The National Lottery has been changing the lives of winners and supporting good causes across the UK since 1994. In that time, there have been more than 7,000 new millionaires created and by playing The National Lottery you raise over £4 million for Good Causes every dayΔ.

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