Originally Posted by
OldTryGuy
Delivery of electro's is fast with the nuts but the nut takes hours to digest, i.e....sits in stomach with blood being diverted from muscles used to pedal. Going hard-not so good, going easy not a problem.
Delivery with NUUN or others in liquid form such as gels absorb within minutes.
Just a little FYI to check the digesting time for items you consume and consider it when riding related to effort being expended.....
https://www.freetrainers.com/forums/...s-foods-33135/ "check out the nuts and seeds"
If you're not racing, you can nibble on salted almonds and dried apricots (good for potassium) ... and make stops to eat potato chips or beef jerky and 100% pure orange juice.
We'll often have salty soup or maybe well-salted hardboiled eggs on toast before setting out on a long hot ride, just to top things up.
And for long, long rides we might carry a can of Ensure (wish we could get bottles of it here like we could in Canada) and, of course, electrolyte tablets (HammerNutrition).