Heat injuries and food

[airrace]

I guess I would have died for food if I had only eaten a couple of bananas on that ride. Electrolytes are indeed very helpful and the nutrition suggestions above should be appreciated - but I also wonder what type of clothes you were wearing, which let you heat up so "tragically"... huh. Actually, I never feel so hot when riding, the sweat cools me well. There might be an antibodies supplier which offers applications to study the results of overheating on the immune system. Might be worth a look.