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posted: 5/11/2008 at 12:04 AM
modified: 5/11/2008 at 1:04 AM |
Your thoughts on carbo loading with...
Whole wheat vs regular pasta
Brown vs white rice
whole wheat vs white bread (vs bagel)
potatoes vs all others
rice noodles?
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 12:14 AM |
| Since I rarely eat refined carbs I find them to be a shock to my system. I do best if I stick to whole grain bread, sweet potatoes, brown rice, barilla plus pasta...etc. Just more of it. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:05 AM |
fibre? where?
And plus, it is the usual amounts I am talking about, just wondering what offers up better loading. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:29 AM |
Loading is about carbs...from that standpoint your body does not care whether the wheat is whole or not.
The rest is about what you prefer.
I normally eat whole wheat pasta - but my new favorite pre-race food is ravioli - lots of it. Ravioli has been very very good to me. |
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posted: 5/11/2008 at 1:39 AM |
I always eat the grainier version of everything you listed, pre-race or not.
I have a very high fiber diet (>50g per day) so I don't shy away from fiber the day before a race.
But there is not a whole lot of fiber in the foods you listed anyway (even the whole wheat versions) so you should be ok.
As Bonkin pointed out, for carbo loading purposes it probably doesn't matter. The whole purpose of carbo loading is to make sure your glycogen tanks are topped off. Since you lose some glycogen stores while you're sleeping it's a good idea to eat some more carbs about 2 hours before the race. Obviously for short races, it doesn't really matter.
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