Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate
Corsair, how do you tolerate stuff like quinoa, amaranth, oats?

Have you every spoken with a sports nutrionist/registered dietician?

Sarah
oats are grain - the last time I ate oatmeal for breakfast - I was starving within 2 hrs, even down to the tummy growling and cramping like I hadn't just eaten recently. I haven't spoken with a sports nurtitionist but my intolerace was reconized by a registered medical nutritionist and she was the one that set my diet. At the time I wasn't riding but I was running 5 days a week (which I still am) so the question didn't come up.

I've never tried quinoa or amaranth - are they a grain??....the problem is: I seem to convert the starch to sugar which is what creates the imbalance. Depending on how starchy or "surgary" it is, it could even cause blood sugar spikes and drops - hence no carrots. I had a cup of pasta last night around 7:30 and by 9 I felt like I was hungover and I was very sleepy. The better the grain - like whole wheat - the worse the reaction.