Originally Posted by will dehne
Adam:
Excuse my ignorance. Why is the sugar so bad? Specifically, I stop at a Subway and have Raspberry flavored ice tea. I am sure it has sugar, it is sweet.
This is not an idle question because I frequently do 100 mile training runs in any kind of temperature. I noticed that it matters a lot what I eat and drink.
Nothing in general is wrong with sugar - I use it and like it. My comment was only that if you are loading up your iced tea bottles with sugar and tea, you may be getting more calories, etc. than you want or think you are . . .other than that, and if you know what you want, sugar away!
Adam