What’s your favorite food during an endurance race. The various calories and foods are all over the place during an endurance event such as a triathlon, running, cycling, long distance swim, and adventure races. As the race distances increase over more than 24 hours, for most it becomes difficult to eat the same items on [Read the Rest...]

Glycemic index alone cannot refer to the exact blood sugar response of the consumed food. If you consume a small amount of a high GI food, like one small glass of cola or you eat one big plate of brown rice, the effect on blood sugar can be the same. Of course you feel more [Read the Rest...]

This is a guest post by RaceTwitch ProTeam member Kata Gémes These two abbreviations are used to characterize some important physiological effects of nutrition containing carbohydrates. GI or glycemic index shows how fast the consumed carbohydrates will elevate the blood sugar level, so that it shows the proportion of the insulin reaction. The highest GI [Read the Rest...]