What Your Running Gel Label Actually Means

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Tread Lightly Running Podcast

Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris

129 episodes

2 days ago

The Tread Lightly Running Podcast provides data-driven, evidence-based running advice in a practical, accessible, and inclusive manner. . You'll learn about how to run faster, marathon training, the latest fueling science, how to prevent running injury, and more. Tread Lightly Running Podcast is co-hosted by Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris, MSc. Together, they have over 20 years of coaching experience and have helped thousands of runners reach their goals through 1:1 coaching and group training. They've appeared in Runner's World, SELF, NPR, Outside, and other major media.

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What Your Running Gel Label Actually Means - with Kylee Van Horn

Tread Lightly Running Podcast

38 minutes 14 seconds

1 week ago

What Your Running Gel Label Actually Means - with Kylee Van Horn

Isotonic, real food, maltodextrin, sugar-free, and high-sodium: if you have recently shopped for running gels, you likely have seen these terms and more on the labels. We sit down with sports dietitian Kylee Van Horn to understand the labelling on your sports nutrition products and how to pick the best running gel for you.

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You will learn:

✅ What’s actually in low-sugar gels - and do they work?

✅ How to identify non-nutritive sweeteners on your gel label

✅ Understanding the types of carbohydrates and glucose:fructose ratios

✅ Understanding hyrogels, isotonic gels, and other gel formulations/textures

✅ What claims of “clean” and “natural” ingredients actually mean

✅ How to find gels that are easy on your gut

✅ Do you need to have electrolytes in your gels?

About our guest:

➡️ Kylee Van Horn is an endurance sports dietitian based on Carbondale, CO. She is a published author and co-host of the Your Diet Sucks podcast. Since 2022, she has worked with hundreds of endurance athletes at Fly Nutrition, helping them improve their performance, heal their relationship with food, and overcome GI issues.

➡️ You can connect with Kylee at @flynutrition3 on Instagram and at https://flynutrition.org/.

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