High energy sports drinks boost performance even if you spit them out
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1/21/1970
16 hours ago
by bwoah
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perrygeo
15 hours ago
burnt-resistor
Possibly, 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.
6 hours ago
JimmyJamesJames
I’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.
4 hours ago
More 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.