This is what you should eat to fuel your rides - sports nutritionists reveal what's in their cupboards
BikeRadar • • health
Key Points:
- Leading UK sports nutritionists emphasize the importance of everyday food choices in cycling performance, focusing on consistent, quality nutrition rather than just supplements or race-day meals.
- Common staples include beans and legumes for sustained energy and gut health, oily fish for omega-3s, Greek yogurt for recovery and probiotics, and nitrate-rich foods like beetroot juice to enhance endurance.
- Experts advocate for a balanced approach, such as Professor Ranchordas’s 80:20 rule favoring mostly whole foods while allowing some processed comfort items, and Rob Hobson’s “nutritional common sense” prioritizing real, minimally processed foods.
- Functional and flavorful foods are key to sustainability, with Dr. Rupy Aujla highlighting nuts, seeds, fermented soy
