Energy bars/snacks

I have read that suitable snacks during the day should ideally consist of energy/ cereal bars and or dried fruit, due to their slow energy release properties in between meals.

On my recent visit to the local health food shop, there was a bewildering and vast array of such bars ranging from about 99p to around £2.50 this seems ludicrous !
Now I would very much appreciate any input from all people as to what you'd recommend as a value for money similar snack or sustenace.
With these prices I'm tempted just to have a pint of lager instead.

Silver,

The most important element is water and more water! Not energy drinks, power drinks or Red Bull drinks. Avoid them.

Just water. Typically I bring four bottles with me and hide one on top and one at bottom of my favorite runs. The other I keep in my packsac.

In the Spring time I also roll tape over bottle and write AIDS VICTIM since I have found many skiers have no problem in sampling my water!

I also make my own nut bag. Just select the various nuts/fruits you like in a large wholesale store. Then make smaller bags.

I never buy or eat those "energy bars"! Too much sugar, too much x,y, z and too expensive!

I do recommend sucrose tabletes, which you can get at any pharmacy!They will tell you what it is all about!

And more water!!!

One word - Christmas cake.

High in calories and protein and I think yummy.

Power bars? Power bars. We don't need no stinkin' power bars.

(Apologies to "The Sierra Madras" a great Bogart film.)

Oh yea water too. You need to digest all that goodness. Right on Pavel.

silver wrote:I have read that suitable snacks during the day should ideally consist of energy/ cereal bars and or dried fruit, due to their slow energy release properties in between meals.

On my recent visit to the local health food shop, there was a bewildering and vast array of such bars ranging from about 99p to around £2.50 this seems ludicrous !
Now I would very much appreciate any input from all people as to what you'd recommend as a value for money similar snack or sustenace.
With these prices I'm tempted just to have a pint of lager instead.

Glühwein

pavelski wrote:Silver,

The most important element is water and more water! Not energy drinks, power drinks or Red Bull drinks. Avoid them.

Don't avoid them, sports drink replace lost electrolytes and carbohydrates which are required under hard exercise. While it's unlikely a skier would suffer Hyponatremia or water intoxication you can drink too much water. The problem with Red Bull is really there's not much fluid in it. Isostar or similar are fairly ideal. I think it's reckoned any more than 8% carbohydrate in the drink is too much.

Indeed, standard sports medicine advice suggests sports drinks are required after around 90 minutes of exercise. That advice also includes hydration before exercise, something around 0.5 l a couple of hours before. For longer periods of exercise, IIRC, we're looking at 0.5 L per hour on sustained exercise but most (downhill) skiers can dial back from that.

Clearly your mileage will vary on that, no two people loose fluids at the same rate, in fact the fitter you are the less you're going need, although of course fitter people are more aware of this and drink more anyway. Clearly if your coasting around Les Naff on a few green runs then beer will be just fine :D

ise wrote:Clearly if your coasting around Les Naff on a few green runs then beer will be just fine

Phew, that was lucky :thumbup:

Glucose powder with added vitamin C, which you can get a big pack from BOOTS for about £1.50, is good just added to water or mixed with a squash as well.

A client of mine who is leturing in sports science recommended to me, infact the vitamin C element was more important than the glucose but for sports that gave a good combination.

So probably comes back to the fruit bars with Vit C in!

I like to chomp muesli bars when I'm skiing. To drink, Isostar fluid seems to be better than plain water for me. If I drink "enough" water, then I spend the remaining skiing time planning my next toilet stop. My friends will testify to this! :oops:

Please build more toilets for women skiers. Have you ever tried skiing bumps with a full bladder :shock: