There’s nothing wrong with treating yourself to a good slab of cake from time to time – especially if you’re putting the miles in.

However, day-to-day you probably want to be taking in good, nutritious food that isn’t crammed full of empty calories, or sugar that will spike your insulin levels and leave you feeling deflated come ride time.

When rushing between meetings, school pick-up’s and rides, it’s easy to just “grab and go” with the first item that looks, or claims, to be healthy.

Some of them aren’t, though – here are the ‘pretend to be healthy’ items to avoid in your local cafe…