Originally Posted by nesdog
"After exercise begins, however, sympathetic nervous system hormones inhibit GI impact on insulin release. Unless your caloric intake exceeds the maximum that the liver can return to the body in the form of glycogen (about 280 calories per hour) glycemic index is not a major factor in choosing energy sources. During exercise, it's a nutritional error to value GI above saccharide profile."
source: "The Endurance Athlete's Guide to Success" Page 30. I downloaded this from the Hammer Nutritional website.
Sheldon
I wouldn't want my liver sending glycogen into my bloodstream. My cells like glucose. I'd also want a little glucagon floating around so my liver knows to break own glycogen and send it to my muscles to use.
There's a little more to exercise nutrition than a few lines in a laypersons book....
