May 6, 2019
As Sports Nutritionists besides having to properly fuel cyclists
during training and racing, there is also an additional challenge
we often face. And that challenge is to try our best to minimize GI
symptoms in cyclists. We can prepare a rider for months but if one
key meal in a moment surrounding or during the race goes wrong, we
can jeopardize months of preparation and condition the rider’s
performance for that day.
On the other hand, we must make sure these athletes ingest a rather
high amount of CHO-rich foods while on the bike in order to be able
to sustain higher intensities in latter stages of the race. But
this high exercise intensity and high quantity of ingested CHO are
also some of the main factors that can also limit gastric emptying,
CHO absorption and lead to some GI symptoms to occur, which may
have serious consequences for cyclists.
On this episode Dr. Jamie Pugh helps us understand the main causes
and practical strategies to minimize GI symptoms in cycling. That
is why the name of this episode is "Feeling lighter from start to
finish..."