Tag Archives: Sugar

Energy bars

Energy bars are convenient, portable sources of – energy, of course!  Whilst it’s almost equally straightforward to carry a few nuts or seeds and some dried fruit, the handful of rolled oats won’t go down very easily unless they are bound together with some kind of syrup.

How do sports bars compare with supermarket offerings?

FfT 1404 – Energy bars

Sports Drinks – can’t stomach the sugar?

Sports drinks - not branded

If you’re running in endurance events, you’re going to use a lot of fuel and so you’ll want to take on as many carbs as you can, won’t you?  Most sports drinks and gels are glucose based, which is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream – just where you want it to be available as fuel for your muscles.

FfT 1402 – Can’t stomach the sugar