Originally Posted by
LoriRose
Exactly. Fat & protein. Good thing I love cheese! My meals typically consist of meat and vegetables (and dairy). I do eat white bread and pasta but I try not too overdo it or eat them too often. I recently discovered farro which is a very tasty whole grain. Before a longer ride I’ll have a bowl of oatmeal with raisins. Works well for me.
Many people do better with complex carbs. It's individual, and depends on if your particular stomach and intestine will move the particular carbs that you are eating into the bloodstream without issues.
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Originally Posted by
LoriRose
This seems a little frightening to me! Maybe I should give it try though and see how I hold up. My fear is that messing with my diet might screw me up again. Since taking up riding again I realize I do need to eat more carbs during my long rides and this makes me nervous. I do not want to recreate the cycle that (I believe) caused my RH in the first place. I mostly stay away from any processed sugar and eat whole foods, but on my rides I’ll eat a muffin or “healthy” cookie.
Try it. I don't think you need to be afraid of anything that doesn't involve eating sugars.
Originally Posted by
LoriRose
Eeek! Isn’t that full of sugar?
Yup. But results rule, not theory.
Originally Posted by
LoriRose
Very interesting though I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around this as I don’t really understand the process to begin with. Assuming you are right, however, I will still opt for healthier sources of carbs (like honey, dried fruits and whole grains) over processed sugar and whole foods over processed foods in general. It is my belief that processed sugar is bad for you no matter how you dice it and is what compromised my system in the first place. Carb loading during a long ride doesn’t necessarily have to be accomplished by consuming just sugar, no? One can just as easily eat complex carbs with maybe some fat and protein and achieve the same effect?
Yes. But honey is the same thing as HFCS, exactly. It's just bee vomit. The bees' chemical factories are just as good as ours, but there's no difference between honey and a Big Gulp except the cost. And see my first reply in this msg. It's all about what works for your digestion.