Swedish Fish are also great but too many consumed can cause constipation.
No shit?
I think you would have to eat a lot to reach that level of being constipated. I’ve gone through a whole bag and have yet to be stopped up.
You’re better off getting your sugar from fruit. REAL fruit. Not the artificially flavored colored preservative filled gummy candy.
If you haven’t met your recent vitamin/antioxidant needs by the start of the race, you probably aren’t going to get much help by consuming fruit during the race.
When it’s time to perform, you want whatever option you can digest easiest. Chances are that option is not a high fiber / fructose-packed piece of fruit.
-Physiojoe
Personally I like to have Quinoa/wholegrain/nut mix bars with some coconut. 
While great to eat healthy throughout the day, that does nothing for you during a workout.
Swedish Fish are also great but too many consumed can cause constipation.
No shit?
I think you would have to eat a lot to reach that level of being constipated. I’ve gone through a whole bag and have yet to be stopped up.
Depends on the bag size.
If you were racing a 70.3 or Ironman against an equally trained and talented athlete with equal aerodynamics to you and they ate Sour Patch Kids, Swedish Fish or similar and you ate your “healthy food” I’d bet $$$$$$$ that you would lose. You body needs glucose and water to complete these and not too much else.
Now day to day nutrition is a whole different story and I’d agree that overdoing sugar and under doing nutritious food then is a very bad idea.
YMMV,
Hugh
I’m assuming you don’t have a science degree?
Swedish Fish are also great but too many consumed can cause constipation.
No shit?
I think you would have to eat a lot to reach that level of being constipated. I’ve gone through a whole bag and have yet to be stopped up.
Depends on the bag size.
I limit myself to the smaller bags. I guess you have had a bad experience with the party size pack?
After a response like that I give up. You seem to be ignoring the jist of what im saying
No, I completely understand the gist of what you’re saying. In fact I’d agree with you for the most part. I’m a big proponent of unprocessed/whole foods. However, there is a lot of false information among the whole foods movement about chemicals and GMOs.
After a response like that I give up. You seem to be ignoring the jist of what im saying
I think you’re missing the gist of what everyone else is saying. For an every day diet, I think you’re absolutely correct about avoid the excess sugar, preservatives, etc. I’m all about fresh fruit, quinoa, and other natural foods.
But during a race, it’s about maximizing fuel intake and absorption. That mean a lot of sugar is better. Your earlier statement about avoiding “added sugar” is the completely opposite of what you want to do for a race!
I eat all sorts of junk food during winter training rides, cookies,brownies, stroopwafels, candy, rice crispie treats etc. The southern heat/humidity limits my options during the summer.
Swedish Fish are also great but too many consumed can cause constipation.
*No shit? *
I literally laughed out loud when I read this. Very clever.
Excellent question. I have no idea, but I hope the consensus says YES. I love all those sours, watermelons, grapes, cherries, lemons…I assume those are the same nutrionally. My favorite type of fruit salad.
I’ve used my kids fruit snacks…seems to be along the same thought pattern. 100 calories like a Gu pack, right? I also used gummy bears on my half marathon.
Swedish Fish are also great but too many consumed can cause constipation.
No shit?
I think you would have to eat a lot to reach that level of being constipated. I’ve gone through a whole bag and have yet to be stopped up.
Depends on the bag size.
I limit myself to the smaller bags. I guess you have had a bad experience with the party size pack?
I have consumed a 4.4lb bag in less than a week so I know how they work in body. They taste so good that I would not consider it to have been a bad experience.
I like licorice on long rides sometimes. Basset’s allsorts - handy and nearly every gas station convenience store has them. As far as electrolytes go, I use saltstick capsules. That way I’m not enslaved to gels (just the damned capsules instead LOL)
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have consumed a 4.4lb bag in less than a week so I know how they work in body.
Haha, wow…
Swedish Fish are also great but too many consumed can cause constipation.
No shit?
- Hysterical joke that I think some people missed.
- This would actually be a reason to eat Swedish Fish during racing
Swedish Fish are also great but too many consumed can cause constipation.
No shit?
I think you would have to eat a lot to reach that level of being constipated. I’ve gone through a whole bag and have yet to be stopped up.
Depends on the bag size.
I limit myself to the smaller bags. I guess you have had a bad experience with the party size pack?
I have consumed a 4.4lb bag in less than a week so I know how they work in body. They taste so good that I would not consider it to have been a bad experience.
Sounds like me when all those jumbo bags of skittles go on sale after halloween
Yea it takes some time and experience to collect all the accurate information on the subject. I did fail to mention that my quinoa wholegrain bars are covered in honey which gives it a good amount of sugar, not much but still something. And part of what I wanted to say was getting your sugar from sources like honey or something organic works better than processed sugar. Although your body doesn’t realize the source at first its just much healthier for your gut.
Care to back that up? You really don’t think that the body can’t use the sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beets as effectively as the sugar from honey? During a race is not the time for your gut to be wasting time and energy digesting your whole grain quino.
YMMV,
Hugh