Originally Posted by terrymorse
I'm not a vegan (I'm an ovo- lacto- pesce- pollo- vegetarian
), but I never, ever eat protein during a ride. I used to when I didn't know any better, but it would give me a belly ache
My advice is to save the "real food" for the end of the ride.
+1, There really is no point to eating protein mid-ride, proteins are required for recovery days after a long ride.
A small amount of glucose is required, but I've noticed a disturbing trend in the last five years on groups rides that people are over-eating.
For a TDF stage of 5 hours with 6,000-8,000 kcal consumed, a rider with eat one 'panino' of meat-cheese-bread, one non-carbonated coke, then one energy bar ~every two hours. For 50 km group rides, I've seen guys eat two Cliff bars an hour and drink Gatorade. It takes hours to even digest all that.
What is the 'protein' in Accelerade?, it's a mystery from their website.
'm an ovo- lacto- pesce- pollo- carno- vegetarian. Nothing beats a balanced diet.