The reason? It's glucose and fructose stuck together, and that happens to be quite an optimal mixture. It's yet unknown what the exact optimal glucose to fructose ratio is for all endurance activity, and it may be a shifting number, depending on hourly intake rates... or it may not. One thing is for sure though. As research has progressed over the last 50 years, the optimal ratio of glucose to fructose has been inching it's way, sometimes begrudgingly, and always slowly, towards 1:1.
It just probably feels a little silly for expensive powder manufacturers and scientific teams to report to you "we put sugar in your bag and sold it to you for $2 per serving." And so, they don't. But they are putting an ever-closer ratio of glucose to fructose in bags and selling it to us. Saturday says: let the truth reign! Sugar is often better than commercial carb products for gut comfort and for performance.
Perhaps the biggest drawback to using sugar alone as your fuel source is that is just tastes so plain. Hence, Saturday generally recommends mixing some Speed Nectarâ„¢ (find out what Speed Nectarâ„¢ is here) with a product that you like the flavor of. It just feels a little more human that way, and your personal experience and preference in fueling & hydrating should play a big role in what you choose.
So, mix away! |
