Lately I’ve been trying to produce my own energy bars. I made some tasty little morsels, but they don’t help at all on the bike! I think they have too much fat. Oh well, live and learn.
While making them I discovered something interesting. I was using a bag of dried fruit that I got at Costco to make the bars, and I compared the nutritional content of the fruit to a Powerbar. They were almost exactly the same in terms of sugar content, plus the fruit had a lot more fiber. On the bike it really works well, and takes less time to get to my muscles than the Powerbar. My energy bar experiment went bust, but I found something much better.
I highly recommend this as fuel. Anyone with similar experiences?
While making them I discovered something interesting. I was using a bag of dried fruit that I got at Costco to make the bars, and I compared the nutritional content of the fruit to a Powerbar. They were almost exactly the same in terms of sugar content, plus the fruit had a lot more fiber. On the bike it really works well, and takes less time to get to my muscles than the Powerbar. My energy bar experiment went bust, but I found something much better.
I highly recommend this as fuel. Anyone with similar experiences?