La Chute Road Runners Krispy Kremes
I
Jim Cunningham
had this box of Ginger Snaps in the kitchen cabinet. When I was hungry, I grabbed a handful. Ginger is good for you; is it not? I even tipped the box over for easier access. The box got periodically emptied but thin walled cardboard is so recyclable! Again, as I walked my pups and listened to iPod casts, I heard this statement: “Carb loading is so 80’s!” Curious, I started downloading podcasts on nutrition. I listened to Dr. Stacy Sims Phd, who researches sports nutrition. She
March, 2016
started a war on carbs. http://www. A thorough discussion of this problem outsideonline.com/1920031/stacy- is can be found in this podcast, hopesimss-war-sports-drinks fully you have an hour to listen: http://www.enduranceplanet.com/ War on carbs? Why? stacy-sims-phd-the-science-of-hydration/ It has to do with osmolality. Osmolality refers to the amounts of solutes in What is her solution? She advocates a solution. The more solutes the higher less than 4 percent solution of carbothe osmolality. Maltodextrin, fructose, hydrates. Gatorade has 8 percent. As and sucrose are some other solutes an aside, she is co-owner of a sports in sports drinks. If the osmolality of drink company: Osmo. Interestingly, the sport drink one ingests is higher she does “dis” her own company saythan the osmolality of the blood, fluid ing that is not necessary to buy a comand electrolytes are drawn out of the mercial product, and recommends body and muscles and transferred eating food while working out like a into the intestines to balance the solu- peanut butter and jelly sandwich. She tion in the intestine, with the net effect notes that, however, sports drinks are of dehydration and loss of electrolites. for convenience. http://www.theissnscoop.com/sniinterviews-stacy-sims-phd-all-things- There is a second problem of carbohydration/ hydrate ingestion. On to the Krispy Kremes! It doesn’t take too many KKs