BY NANCY CLARK
PHOTO BY ED MORAN
While some athletes have cast-iron stomachs and few concerns about what and when they eat before they exercise, others live in fear of pre-exercise fuel contributing to undesired pit stops during their workouts. Be it stomach rumbling, a need to urinate or defecate, reflux, nausea, heartburn, or side stitch, preventing intestinal distress is a topic of interest to athletes with finicky guts.
Here is some information that will help you fuel well before and during exercise, while reducing the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) distress. For more, you can read The Athlete’s Gut by Patrick Wilson or listen to this podcast.
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