Re: RC: Ride diet for hypoglycemia

[Roger Rittenhouse <roger@vmaxept.com>]

I addressed this before. Yes the pure carbs willinfact cause big
insulin swings and the post high crash. The Chromium Piconate  (sp) is
the fix. Make sure the carb supplement contains this.
This does work to keep the high-low flatter.
I use PowerGel  dont like the food bars .. but will force some down
during a 50miler.  I do  use an assortment of elytes and carbs.

I think Gatoraide  causes many more problems then it manages. The HIGH
Fructose corn sugar is quite tough to process when working hard over a
long period of time. Thus the reason many riders PUKE on gatoraide..
Beth can go into the fluid balance issues and the higher sugar levels
along with elytes that are not balanced nor absorbed well .. sort of
the same thing with our horses.

I recommend  ERG    get it from Aust Connection .. Campmor  or other
sports stores .. GNC DOES NOT carry it.

Next the product from Champion Nutrition - REVENGE is just great. It carried
me though the NC last year with no problems  - well only a few O:) ..
Hard to find .. look in sports stores

I mix Revenge with ERG. I also use a carb from GNC  with med to long chain
slow uptake polyscarrides (sp)  cant find the spelling for this.  It
contains Chro-Pic..

I also use EMERGEN-C  mixed with water at the VC .. I get the small
bottles of water - just enough to drink in one shot. This is great
stuff.

I also like and use BCAA - and DMG - REALLY helps with the cramps in the
legs .. then there is MSM ..A 50 is harder on me then my horse. I
guess IF I ever get to the 100 milers again I will just puke and ride.

I do not normally eat much solid food  - expect bananas  maybe apples
.. carrots that we share on trail.
I will take in a few food bars in the last 10 miles  if I feel
crashy.. depends on how much ground running I have been doing.

For breakfast - well coffee and donuts work great  that holds me for
the first 5 miles.

I will use a backpac  water  unit if the VC is over 15 miles  else I
carry one  or two bottles of my mix on the saddle - I  like the pommel
bottle holder from LOVELL OF MACK  - single bottle holder - padded
with top keeper. Easy to work with one hand while running.

 See Beth for all the professional advice...
 Roger R