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element, and immediate assistance for
officers needing physio and the like.
We have now had the Op Fortitude
nutrition pillar delivered to all SE
Hub CTSFOs, a pilot MASTS course
that brings officers from all over the
country to our hub, and they then
benefited from the tailored nutritional
input additional food – in the form of
the five fruit portions (one from each
colour set), cashew nuts and Real.Meal
bar – on each day of their course.
I worked with Will Simpson, the
creator of the Real.Meal bar, and
was his first customer while back in
the Met, and I’m so pleased to have
brought him across to the SE Hubs
as his bars don’t just beat those other
commercially available, they are in a
different league from an ingredients
quality and combination point of view.
students could get their tailored input. They also had a portion of cashew
The IFC course Now really zeroed in with all the nuts on top of porridge mid-morning
The feedback from the MASTS lessons learned to this point, it was to give that sustained energy without
course was awesome, beyond what was well received and the students again the blood sugar spikes, and then a
expected, and I had officers now asking had their five fruit per day from a local Real.Meal bar to have as and when;
me why all courses weren’t run like supplier – not a sub-standard offering all of which gives them the ideal fats,
this; I could only answer: “This one is!” from cold storage that many of the protein and carbs blend.
The cohort on the current IFC larger catering companies use to save Below is some of the feedback I’ve
course started a day early so that cost and maximise profits. had so far.

'I will now always have a few of these in my kit bag'

“I've been a frontline police officer for close to 10 “These bars are filling, but not to the point of
years and have been training in the gym five times bloating, which means it’s easy to be active after.
a week for a similar amount of time. I do try and They also taste very good. I have tried countless
follow a diet plan that matches my lifestyle, but the protein bars and meal replacement bars, ranging
reality is like many plans it isn’t always achievable. from the more expensive brands to the cheaper
“I have replaced my regular lunch and have been ones. Quite honestly none of them come close.”
using these bars for two weeks. I have seen multiple “I’m not a scientist or personal trainer but once
benefits. I have felt full but not bloated, and I have a car runs out of fuel it stops functioning. We are
also lost 2kg of fat.” just the same – if we don’t have our fuel we don’t
“Anyone who has had protein bars would agree function as well. These bars are a quick, handy
they are quite often a workout to eat, and they taste source of fuel, more than enough to sustain you. I’m
pretty awful. These bars taste natural with no forced 16 and a half stone and can consume a lot of food,
flavours – I actually really like the taste. so the fact they fill me up surprised me.”
“These bars are perfectly balanced – 80% carbs, “Moving forward I will now always have a few of
22% protein and 18% fat. Looking at them I was these in my kit bag. The unpredictable nature of
sceptical as they are roughly the size of a large bar policing means you can’t plan a meal, so should
of chocolate. Normally my brain would say ‘that is the situation arise I know that I will have immediate
not going to fill you up’. I was proven wrong.” access to good nutritious food.”

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