Originally Posted by cg33
After years on the bike, I've determined that for me at least, the pre-ride fuel of choice before a long ride is plain-old oatmeal, a low-GI food.
Woo hoo... a fellow devotee of oatmeal! I love the stuff. Got my wife and daughter turned into oatmeal fans too. Once in a while we'll even say, hey, let's have oatmeal for dinner! Are we nuts or what?
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Originally Posted by Koffee Brown
It's just yet another modified gimmick diet that seems to work decently for athletes, but at the end of the day, it's a diet for diabetics.
What CdCf said, I'm referring to the glycemic index of optimal food and drink for the cyclist, not the fad diet.
Here's an idea for you. Let's go on a 4-hour ride. After three hours, we'll each get one snack. I'll eat French Bread (GI=100+) while you have peanuts (GI under 40). After the last hour of riding I think you'll have a new appreciation of the glycemic index
I do agree with you about reading and studying up on glycemic index, metabolic pathways, gastric emptying, etc. Human exercise metabolism is complicated (to a non-expert like me, anyway) and there's a tremendous amount of misinformation out there.