Free guides from Flaming PhoenixPlan your fuelling.
Practical, free guides for races, expeditions and days when eating is hard. Pick a section or search below.
Ultra and racing
Fuelling ultras, races, long rides and long swims.
- 100-mile ultra nutrition
- Adventure racing nutrition
- Backyard ultra nutrition
- Backyard ultras UK
- Best 100-mile ultras UK
- Best energy bars for cycling
- Best energy bars for ultra running
- Best foods for ultra running
- Best ultra marathons UK
- Bikepacking nutrition
- Bob Graham Round
- Can't eat mid-race?
- Dragon's Back Race food
- Drop bags and aid stations
- Energy gel alternatives
- Fastpacking nutrition
- Gifts for ultra runners
- Gravel cycling nutrition
- Gut training for ultras
- High-carb solid race foods
- Hitting the wall (bonking)
- Hybrid athlete nutrition
- Land's End to John o' Groats
- Long-course triathlon nutrition
- Long-distance cycling nutrition
- Long-distance cycling routes UK
- Marathon des Sables nutrition
- Marathon des Sables training
- Mountain biking nutrition
- Multi-day ultra nutrition
- Obstacle race nutrition
- Open water swimming nutrition
- Trail running food
- Training camp nutrition
- UK gravel races
- Ultra and expedition nutrition guide
- Ultra marathon kit list
- Ultramarathon recovery
- Ultramarathon training plan
- Vegan endurance nutrition
- Your first ultra
Expeditions and hiking
Food for mountains, polar trips, long trails and wild camps.
- Aconcagua nutrition
- Adventure nutrition
- Antarctica crossing food
- Arctic Circle Trail food
- Army ration packs
- Best camping snacks
- Best energy bars for expeditions
- Best energy bars for hiking
- Best food for hiking
- Best freeze-dried meals
- Best mountains to climb
- Best UK hikes
- Bushcraft food
- Camino de Santiago food
- Cape Wrath Trail food
- Caving food
- Climbing Mount Toubkal
- Denali expedition food
- Everest Base Camp food
- Expedition kit list
- Gifts for hikers
- GR20 Corsica food
- Greenbelly meals in the UK
- Greenland crossing food
- Haute Route Pyrenees food
- High-altitude mountaineering food
- Hiking and trekking nutrition
- How to acclimatise to altitude
- Jungle expedition food
- Lightest high-calorie backpacking food
- Long-distance walking food
- Long-distance walks UK
- Manaslu nutrition
- Military field nutrition
- Multi-day hike kit list
- No-cook backpacking meals
- Ocean rowing nutrition
- Offshore sailing nutrition
- Paddleboarding nutrition
- Polar expedition nutrition
- Rock climbing food
- Rucking nutrition
- Sea kayaking nutrition
- Ski touring nutrition
- Sledging rations
- Three Peaks Challenge food
- Tour du Mont Blanc food
- Welsh 3000s
- West Highland Way food
- What to eat on Kilimanjaro
- Where wild camping is legal
- Wild camping food
- Wild camping kit list
- Youth expedition food
Calculators
Work out what you burn and what to eat.
- Bulking calculator
- Carb loading calculator
- Climbing calorie calculator
- Cycling calorie calculator
- Hiking calorie calculator
- Protein calculator for weight gain
- Rowing calorie calculator
- Rucking calorie calculator
- Running calorie calculator
- Skiing calorie calculator
- Swimming calorie calculator
- Ultra running calorie calculator
- Walking calorie calculator
- Weight gain calculator
Low appetite
Gentle, practical ideas for days when eating feels like hard work.
- Easy ways to eat more calories
- Easy-to-digest high-calorie foods
- High-calorie drinks and smoothies
- High-calorie foods for fussy eaters
- High-calorie foods for older adults
- High-calorie pureed foods
- High-calorie, low-volume foods
- How to increase appetite
- Meals for elderly people
- Protein for older adults
- Soft high-calorie foods
- What to eat when appetite is low
- When an older person isn't eating
- Why do I get full so fast?
Weight gain
Adding calories without forcing down bigger plates.
- 10,000 calories a day
- 3,000 calorie meal plan
- 4,000 calorie meal plan
- 5,000 calorie meal plan
- 6,000 calorie meal plan
- 7,000 calorie meal plan
- 8,000 calorie meal plan
- Best bars for weight gain
- Best foods for bulking
- Best vegan mass gainer
- Bulking meals
- Dirty bulking
- Eating in a calorie surplus
- Gaining weight on a vegan diet
- Gaining weight with a fast metabolism
- Hardgainer's guide
- Highest-calorie bars in the UK
- Homemade weight gainer shakes
- How many calories to gain weight
- How to gain weight
- How to gain weight fast
- Weight gain meal plan
- Why can't I gain weight?
Food and recipes
High-calorie foods, meals, snacks and recipes.
- 1,000 calorie meals
- 2,000 calorie meals
- Best gluten-free energy bars
- Best meal replacement bars UK
- Best vegan energy bars
- Calorie Mate UK
- Calorie-dense foods
- Cheap high-calorie foods
- Flapjack bars
- Gluten-free flapjacks
- Gluten-free high-calorie foods
- High-calorie breakfast
- High-calorie desserts
- High-calorie dinner
- High-calorie flapjack recipe
- High-calorie granola
- High-calorie ice cream
- High-calorie lunch
- High-calorie meals
- High-calorie overnight oats
- High-calorie porridge
- High-calorie snacks
- High-calorie soup recipes
- High-calorie, high-protein foods
- Homemade high-calorie bars
- Homemade trail mix
- How to use Phoenix Bars
- Kalteen bars
- Lembas bread
- Vegan flapjacks
- Vegan high-calorie foods
Work, field and emergencies
Fuel for shifts, field work, rescue teams and emergency kits.
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