Right before Thanksgiving I quit sugar & caffeine. I didn't think much about how that would affect my biking because I just commute, and it's not like I'm out there for hours at a time on my bike. Heck, twice this week I didn't get lunch until late afternoon, and I had to bike home. I was hungry and I wasn't biking fast, but I made it home.

I'm planning a bike trip now: I want to visit all 40 Missouri State Parks that have camping. I'm planning this for 2014 so it is years away. (I adore planning.) Can I do this without sugar and HFCS?

I think I can. From what I've learned recently about refined sugar, it gives you a quick sugar rush followed by a crash, and it's the crash that does the damage, makes you feel worse than before and hungrier. So if anything not eating sugar will be beneficial for long rides. Which goes against everything I've heard about needing quick sugar on a long ride.

The way I have it routed now, there are some days that are 80+ miles. Otherwise mostly 30-60 miles. What do you think?