Carbohydrate is the fuel preferred by your muscles. As JENNY BROWN explains, just like petrol there are grades of carbohydrate fuel – it depends on the GI rating.
This article is reprinted courtesy Bicycling Australia magazine March 2002, Lake Wangary Publishing Co Pty Ltd. Bicycling Australia is available at most newsagents and good bike shops and is published 6 times a year.
Thanks to Jenny Brown for allowing us to reprint this article in the RBCC Web Site. Jenny is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Sports Dietitian with a private sports nutrition practice located at Winning Edge Nutrition, Busselton, Western Australia. Her qualifications include a Bachelor Applied Science, Nutrition and Food Science and Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics.