Hey guyz good day to all, guys I am off sugar I can’t have have any product with sugar. because the sugar causes me to cramp my problem is when I go on a long ride how do I top up my glycogen what do I eat?

[image] Benlion: I can’t have have any product with sugar. because the sugar causes me to cramp I’m not sure sugar is the cause, how did you come to this conclusion? Science doesn’t actually know what the reason for cramping is, but there are a few working theories. Solutions and avoidance o…

[image] Benlion: my problem is when I go on a long ride how do I top up my glycogen what do I eat? As @MI-XC said - I’d love to know why you believe sugar is causing cramps for you. Presumably you’re able to eat things other than refined sugar - but honestly that’s a total guess. I’ve never …

I’m being cycling for 3 years now every time I went out I cramp but for some reason 3 weeks ago I come to the conclusion is the added sugar in cakes and sweets making me cramp so I decide to give up sugar and since I give it up I hasn’t cramp since

[image] Benlion: I come to the conclusion is the added sugar in cakes and sweets If you’re eating “cakes and sweets” as nutrition on the bike, there is probably a whole host of other junk in there that is affecting your body negatively. I’d stick with heathier options (will still be processed…

Also, just to clarify, do you mean muscle cramps in your legs or stomach/gut cramps?

Could it be a hydration issue? Eating sugary foods could be throwing off the osmotic balance in your cells causing the cramps?

Fruit? Lots of it. If fruit gives you cramps then you’re a scientific anomaly!

I’d definitely focus on making sure you are hydrated and using some electrolytes in your bidons/bottles and see if that helps. Early on in my cycling life I used to get calf cramps at the end of short/intense rides and it was all down to hydration, taking in some electrolytes really helped.

Sugar causes me to cramp

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pirnie January 29, 2019, 1:49pm 4

Surely, if sugars are the problem, anything containing carbs that you eat will break down to, and be absorbed as sugars so would cause a similar issue?

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