Food news: Doctor's remedy to airport food

Finding a healthy snack in an airport can be a fruitless task.'¨Dr Asif Munaf and wife Aneesa turned their search for a less sugary drink on their way to Bangkok into a business idea, and have now launched DATE Smoothie.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Jan 2017, 08:38 BST
Updated 9th Jan 2017, 12:03 BST

At first they sold the drinks - made with two dates, and no added sugar in their Eckington home - to friends or relatives but they recently sold out at festive markets, are moving into Nourish, and hopefully then nationwide.

Dr Munaf, a qualified personal trainer and the team medic for York City FC, said: “If you are at Heathrow you can go into WH Smith’s and pay £3.50 for a sandwich and a bottled drink but there is nothing healthy in there at all.

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“I work with a lot of people who have diabetes and I have a PT qualification so I wanted to combine both of those skills to offer people an alternative.” The smoothies come in almond, dark chocolate, coffee and salted hazelnut and are available online.

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