I read the section in The Cool Impossible on the sugar detox with a great deal of interest. My question / meanderings are around the avoidance of sugars, post-run recovery and the glycemic index.
I've always been under the impression that foods with a high GI (such as glucose, for example) were beneficial immediately post-run when the body is most susceptible to replacing / building depleted glycogen stores. Certainly, many recovery formulas (For Goodness Shakes in the UK for example) contain up to 50G of glucose in a typical serving.
What are people's thoughts on this?
Is a well-balanced meal immediately post-run the preference (what if you don't feel like eating)?
Is a fruit smoothie (perhaps with some nuts blended in for protein) preferable as then at least the sugars are naturally derived rather than processed?
Thoughts?
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Wondering the same thing myself. Have you experimented at all since this post. Would love to hear if you have more info.
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