Performance Nutrition Digest

Performance Nutrition Digest

Apple purée: your new energy gel🍏

An excellent food-first strategy.

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Tom Coughlin
Oct 17, 2024
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Apple puree as a natural fructose source provides an effective alternative carbohydrate source for fuelling half-marathon running performance

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Carbohydrate supplementation is often required during endurance sports to maximise performance, but could fruit purée offer a food-based alternative? 🧐

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