Comments on: Our brains ignore calories from beverages http://news.runtowin.com/2007/02/20/our-brains-ignore-calories-from-beverages.html Coaching and Training From a New England Perspective Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: This Week Last Year: Nutrition, Headwinds, and the Sahara Desert @ Run to Win http://news.runtowin.com/2007/02/20/our-brains-ignore-calories-from-beverages.html/comment-page-1#comment-40743 This Week Last Year: Nutrition, Headwinds, and the Sahara Desert @ Run to Win Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:02:24 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/02/20/our-brains-ignore-calories-from-beverages.html#comment-40743 [...] nutrition. First, I reviewed a few nutrition books, and I also discussed a study that found that our brains ignore calories from beverages. That makes it easier for us to eat more than we should when we drink juice or [...] [...] nutrition. First, I reviewed a few nutrition books, and I also discussed a study that found that our brains ignore calories from beverages. That makes it easier for us to eat more than we should when we drink juice or [...]

]]> By: Wes http://news.runtowin.com/2007/02/20/our-brains-ignore-calories-from-beverages.html/comment-page-1#comment-28900 Wes Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:22:38 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/02/20/our-brains-ignore-calories-from-beverages.html#comment-28900 I do not drink enough water. I drink coffee and diet green tea when I get home. That's about it. I don't get any calories from either. Well, not much. Maybe 80 per cup of coffee. I should drink more water, but I always feel so full after drinking two cups of coffee, I generally wait till I get home to drink more. Having been off the beer/liquor kick for a while, I've managed to cut quite a few worthless calories from my diet since July :-) I do not drink enough water. I drink coffee and diet green tea when I get home. That’s about it. I don’t get any calories from either. Well, not much. Maybe 80 per cup of coffee. I should drink more water, but I always feel so full after drinking two cups of coffee, I generally wait till I get home to drink more. Having been off the beer/liquor kick for a while, I’ve managed to cut quite a few worthless calories from my diet since July :-)

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2007/02/20/our-brains-ignore-calories-from-beverages.html/comment-page-1#comment-28888 Blaine Moore Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:50:46 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/02/20/our-brains-ignore-calories-from-beverages.html#comment-28888 Thomas, I agree about it upsetting the diet. That's the consensus reached by the research, that you are consuming more calories than you are really aware of. As for carboloading, I am not so sure that I would want to go that route specifically. Personally, I do not worry too much about carboloading before marathons because my diet consists in large part of a lot of pastas and breads on a regular basis. I keep myself pretty well fueled, and eat while I am running to keep myself that way. I'd like to see some research about how well the body can retain the calories in beverages compared to sugars in foods because if you wind up urinating most of those carbohydrates out then it will not help much. If you do absorb them just as readily, then it may be a good method to both hydrate and fuel for your race. It could be especially beneficial the morning of the race. As always, test this method on your long runs before race day to see what works best for you. Thomas, I agree about it upsetting the diet. That’s the consensus reached by the research, that you are consuming more calories than you are really aware of.

As for carboloading, I am not so sure that I would want to go that route specifically. Personally, I do not worry too much about carboloading before marathons because my diet consists in large part of a lot of pastas and breads on a regular basis. I keep myself pretty well fueled, and eat while I am running to keep myself that way. I’d like to see some research about how well the body can retain the calories in beverages compared to sugars in foods because if you wind up urinating most of those carbohydrates out then it will not help much.

If you do absorb them just as readily, then it may be a good method to both hydrate and fuel for your race. It could be especially beneficial the morning of the race. As always, test this method on your long runs before race day to see what works best for you.

]]> By: Thomas http://news.runtowin.com/2007/02/20/our-brains-ignore-calories-from-beverages.html/comment-page-1#comment-28886 Thomas Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:34:53 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/02/20/our-brains-ignore-calories-from-beverages.html#comment-28886 In that case you might want to be careful when you're trying to lose weight, because the calories from soft drinks might completely upset your diet. On the other hand, does that mean if you're trying to carboload the days before a marathon, carbs from drinks are the way to go as you can take more of them that way? In that case you might want to be careful when you’re trying to lose weight, because the calories from soft drinks might completely upset your diet.

On the other hand, does that mean if you’re trying to carboload the days before a marathon, carbs from drinks are the way to go as you can take more of them that way?

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