Energy from food

[russianboy_]

How long does it take food to start giving us energy?How much time to I need to wait after eating before I start training?Thanks all!

 

[muskate]

It takes roughly 8 hours for your body to fully digest a meal. It depends on the size of the meal, fibre content, fat content etc. but that's a good ball park number.

I recommend finishing eating your pre-workout meal about 90 minutes before your workout. That way the food will have finished passing through your stomach and will be in your intestines.

 

[Lev Butlerov]

Our science guy @muskate got it on point - roughly 8-10 hours for the food to get completely digested, but you can start getting the energy earlier, because on the early stages of digestion your body is already absorbing the nutrients.

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

About 2 hours before training I heat up my meal and start eating it. I am done by the time it is 90 minutes before training.

 

[stevesmi]

we tend to derive energy from sugar and carbs. it is a bit misleading as our brains are wired as such in modern times.

there is a reason endurance runners will eat sugar during their runs, it hits immediately