wonduhboy Posted August 27, 2007 Share A friend of mine's coach has suggested she replace her energy drink (and gels) with normal (100% i.e. no apple or other kind of juice) orange juice/diluted. His reasoning being that normal energy drinks/gels cause blood sugar spikes (and thus drops) while OJ, being low in GI provides consistent blood sugar/glucose levels.So, any of the experts out there got any comments on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinton Posted August 27, 2007 Share I am not sure about dropping the energy drink but I have noticed that if I use gels in a race that I need to keep "refueling" with gels during the race as I feel dead if I don't. If I just use one energy drink and one bottle of water, much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastapouch Posted August 27, 2007 Share I'm not an expert at all, pure OJ without all the white and diluted it should be fine. Have seen somewhere that fruit juice is not recommended for training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonduhboy Posted August 27, 2007 Share my big question is: if this method is so efficient, why are so many cyclists still using cytomax/usn/energy dynamics etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored girl Posted August 27, 2007 Share there was an article in Ride on this i think....some months ago.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niterider Posted August 27, 2007 Share Fruit juice is generally not recommended as exercise fuel because fructose can cause stomach probs. I'm no exercise scientist, but my understanding is that while you're exercising you won't get blood sugar spikes, since any simple sugars will go straight into performing work. Hence the reason you see riders in the TDF drinking coke. Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Posted August 27, 2007 Share Hi all, read a very interesting article about milk being the best liquid to use to rehydrate oneself during exercise(cycling). This was compared to water and an energy drink. Looking forward to a Super Moo at the next drinks table! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored girl Posted August 27, 2007 Share Fruit juice is generally not recommended as exercise fuel because fructose can cause stomach probs. there must be some truth in this as I give myself a tummy ache every frikkin time I eat a fruit on an empty stomach....one should have learnt by now but apparently one hasn't overcome the lazy syndrome and prefers to reach out for a banana or an apple instead of going to the kitchen and making themselves a proper meal If i remember correctly (I am gonna have to go and read over this tonight) the article mentioned of putting OJ/Apple J in your std energy drink like Energade and using that....I stand corrected as I am old now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastapouch Posted August 27, 2007 Share Now you all now what you're doing tonight .... homework bye children Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epoh Posted August 27, 2007 Share Hi all' date=' read a very interesting article about milk being the best liquid to use to rehydrate oneself during exercise(cycling). This was compared to water and an energy drink. Looking forward to a Super Moo at the next drinks table![/quote'] Hmm that is interesting since milk takes about 8hours to digest. I cannot see how that can re-fuel/hydrate your muscles effectively during hard racing/training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikalot Posted August 27, 2007 Share apparently prof tim noakes conducted a study on the best "energy drink" and red grape juice diluted a bit with h2o works really well,have also heard this from a few other cyclists to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonduhboy Posted August 27, 2007 Share apparently prof tim noakes conducted a study on the best "energy drink" and red grape juice diluted a bit with h2o works really well' date='have also heard this from a few other cyclists to[/quote'] See, now this almost goes against the reasoning behind OJ. as I understood it, grape juice is quite high on the GI scale, hence making it a sugar spike - could be wrong though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikalot Posted August 27, 2007 Share i think the water dilutes the "GI" i stand to be corrected though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichH Posted August 27, 2007 Share If i remember correctly (I am gonna have to go and read over this tonight) the article mentioned of putting OJ/Apple J in your std energy drink like Energade and using that....I stand corrected as I am old now Article said fructose is absorbed by different receptors than glucose. So although glucose is the most reasily absorbed, by adding fructose, you can increase the sugars that can be absorbed per hour. Of course they didn't mention taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowjoe Posted August 27, 2007 Share Hi all' date=' read a very interesting article about milk being the best liquid to use to rehydrate oneself during exercise(cycling). This was compared to water and an energy drink. Looking forward to a Super Moo at the next drinks table![/quote'] thats it, nesquick in my bottles this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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