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High energy sports drinks boost performance even if you spit them out
- perrygeo 5mo agoMore evidence in support of the central governor theory. It's not about the carbs, it's about the brain getting the "we got carbs" signal, which leads to increased effort.
- burnt-resistor 5mo agoPossibly, yes. Perhaps the next steps will be to wrap the tongue completely or oral dam as a control. Perhaps it's an evolutionary biological optimization (like anticipatory salivation) to release caloric / nutritional reserves sooner rather than wait until a digestion pathway is completed. And I wonder if sweet taste stimulation by any or all artificial sweeteners also does something similar.
- JimmyJamesJames 5mo agoI’ve seen this evident in triathlon for years. Checkout the last 30min of the Kona Ironman races, you’ll see them taking, then spitting out flat cola.
- gabrielsroka 5mo ago2009