Sugar Water to Fuel your Cycling? Sports DIETITIAN REVIEWS

One cycling nutrition fuelling strategy I hear a lot of coaches and riders recommending currently is sugar water. As a sports dietitian I am constantly on the look out for new ways that cyclists can fuel their rides without breaking the bank. Commercial sports nutrition drinks, bars and gels certainly have their place, but if you are riding 10 hours or more a week and fuelling appropriately that can quickly add up. So how does sugar water work to fuel stack up? I go buy some sugar and put it to the test! Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 0:18 Sugar water to fuel cycling 0:41 DIY sports nutrition with sugar 1:43 Sugar water taste test 2:32 Sugar water bike test 2:51 Research for sugar water and cycling 3:25 Sugar water carbs & fat oxidation 3:53 Sugar = sucrose + fructose 4:17 Gut issues with sugar water 4:33 Sports Dietitian review: cheap rocket fuel 5:19 Smart carbs *** BECOME A FUELLED CYCLIST 🧰 Get your free Nutrition Assessment: https://www.gemmasampson.com/ceacq ⛽️ Join The Fuelled Team: https://www.gemmasampson.com/join *** CONNECT WITH ME 🌐 Website: https://www.gemmasampson.com 📸 Instagram:   / drgemmasampson   🎤 Podcast: https://www.gemmasampson.com/podcast *** Nutrition Tracking: Signup to Cronometer and save 10% on gold subscriptions: https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=139013... Music provided by Epidemic Sounds. Start your free trial here: https://share.epidemicsound.com/c9kc7s