Energy drinks...what to use

[MDW]

Hi Ageteros, we are not trying to pull the cover over anyone's eyes at all, and no arguments on that for very high intensity training or racing a gastric emptying rate of higher proportion for some could be required. You say dietitians and sports scientists argue with us, but we have a very large number of dietitians that actually support us.

As for our sponsored athletes, you need to understand one thing and I will make it clear, I dont go and pay athletes to use our product to gain exposure. If I get approached by an athlete then I will ask them do they use it, for how long, why do they use it, how do they feel on it, can they perform on it, I would never take an athlete on as a nutrition sponsored athlete unless they felt they benefited from the product,and truly believed in it, and we have over 100 professional athletes using the product to date,and not just locally in South Africa, and its not because of paying them to be a brand ambassador, it actually works for them. In the cycling space I will share something with you, an email send directly to me, and not to the public from one of the Team Matlosana cyclists who we sponsor as of last month, but they approached us because 7 of the 9 riders in the team already used our product. Drop me your email address, I can forward you the info and you are welcome to contact them to discuss performance.

As for Alae the reason she uses our product is not because of sponsorship, she suffered with blood sugar problems getting bad dips on everything she had tried, going hypoglycemic, she is a doctor and you can speak to her directly she wont mind, she finds with 32Gi she her blood glucose levels are very stable and she is able to perform. Carla van Huysteen actually does recommend our product, and its based purely on her own experiences on it, and as a well respect sports physio and athlete she would be very happy to discuss this with you. As for me being experienced in nutrition, I am qualified if you want to put it that way, so the word true experts is debatable. I have attached an article to this post which was written by me for a triathlon magazine a while back bringing the scientific research into place and its referenced so you can see exactly where to get the information from. Drop me a email if u want clarification on anything, no problem discussing.

Just so you are aware our new product being launched shortly which is for the more serious athlete, will address your issues with release, our problem is not release its the dip after, we have spent many many months together with a renowned sports scientist in the US to help with development and you will see it on the shelves shortly. We dont just release a product without proper principles, proper testing, and months of proper conditioning it needs to do what it says it does.

Would be great to meet u sometime and chat in person, i dont think we are going against the grain of scientific principles, I think that scientific testing and principles are very legacy and more and more in the future newer discoveries will continue to test the boundaries of sport science.

32GI ARTICLE.pdf

[Rudi Pretorius]

I use FIT and it works lekka.

 

Had one or two or ..... of those flat battery moments but it wasn't the drink it was not eating enough.

 

Rudi

[MTB_Roadie]

Was on 32GI, changed to Cytomax....find the Cytomax gives me strength for longer...32GI is good, but I dont eat as much so the cytomax works better for me

[gadget]

32GI works for me over the last year. I do, however, have a second bottle with Hammer Edurolytes (maybe -lites). Used to get dehydration headaches and not anymore.

 

EDIT: I've been using the 32GI chews with great success in the last 2 weeks. To early for final verdict, but at this stage it keeps the hunger at bay over a 3-4 hour ride.

Edited September 19, 2011 by gadget