Wow! Lessons on how I should be cooking and eating. I prepare food as #1, good sustenance for my body. Olive oil is always good, the more the better. The fact that it also minimizes the glue factor if I don't eat all the noodles then and refrigerate them is a plus. I don't make up pasta sauce. The noodles are usually served bento bowl style.

Salt? I put very little salt on my food - again trying for the best sustenance for my body. I learned many years ago that the less salt I eat on an everyday basis, the less salt I sweat. That has several real benefits, all of which help my riding. Less sodium depletion. Less salt in my eyes. In my racing days when I went really low salt, my sweat did not sting my eyes. I also rode really strong when we hit 98 & 98 (degrees and humidity). Riding clothes stay cleaner and a lot more pleasant, esp late on hot rides.

It's good to have grandparents here on the forum to look after me, but I will take some of their advice with that grain of salt.

Ben