The solution is to use complex carbohydrates instead of simple or refined sugars in your diet and for your fuel during exercise. Energy drinks with complex carbohydrates and solid foods such as bagels, sandwiches, and pretzels are all better fuel options than candy bars and other sugar filled energy bars and sports drinks. Eating Too Much Solid Food During Exercise. In the 1985 Race Across America, Jonathan Boyer rode to victory using a liquid diet. Since then it has become the norm for endurance and athletes.
Liquid nutrition is the easiest and most convenient way to get a calorie and nutrient dense fuel.
Solid food for the most part cannot match the nutrition of the best liquid food supplements. In addition, too much solid food consumption will divert blood from working muscles for the digestive process. Some solid food intake is okay during endurance exercise, particularly during ultras, but for a more rapid utilization of nutrients with less chance of stomach distress, a liquid energy source is preferred. Training On Too Few Calories. Exercising at a maximum intensity level and assimilating a lot of calories hour after hour are not things that the body would normally prefer to do simultaneously.