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Originally Posted by atapene  sorry i dont know what my blood group is, but why? are jellybeans incompatible with O types?
we had a nutritionist along to the junior academies last year and she just tried to get the kids aware of healthy eating etc, she erecommended a handful of jellybeans or winegums etc 20 mins before a game (with a lot of water)
but thats on the back of bananas/carbs etc an hour before that. |
I'm thinking it was for the quick-burn sugar. We used to do honey shots about 15-30 minutes before swim races as a kid. Might just be good timing for a sugar rush to kick in. But our events were less than 3 minutes long. Can't see getting a sugar boost for a long session.
The milk thing Otto brings up is pretty good. Chocolate milk is better. Basically milk is easily digestible and gives you some good stuff. We used to have a player who drank a quart before every practice. For an old guy he had a lot of energy.