GI issues commonly occur when you are trying to take in too much food during exercise. This is a result of the conventional carbohydrate-based approach which solely focuses on your unsustainable glucose/glycogen based pathways, or your ‘Fight or Flight’ energy. So many products advertise how they can ‘get’ more calories into your system for ‘energy’ you ‘need’ to perform, but your body is not equipped to handle a lot of calories when trying to perform at a high physical level due to an allocation of resources. Blood flow to the stomach and gut is reduced to provide more blood flow to the muscles and skin surface (for thermoregulation). This is why GI issues are most common when athletes are trying to perform in the heat. Blood flow for digestive activities is essentially placed on sleep mode. 

Think of it this way… When you sit down to a hearty meal, are you, at the same time or shortly after, going to attempt to do a workout?  NO!  So why would you try to ingest a meal’s worth of calories when you are trying to perform at your best physically? 

The point is, when you are pushing yourself, you are not meant to be taking in a lot of calories. Exogenous caloric intake needs to be minimized and used strategically for that extra push of energy instead of being the main fuel source. Shifting back to the aerobic energy source Nature intended you to use, your own body fat, is the answer to reducing and/or eliminating GI issues.

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