Re: Oz Energy Foods

[Guest guest]

I never made the connection before. Year's ago when I was running

marathons my favorite book was " Training the Lydiard Way "

Arthur Lydiard was a very successful coach of famous distance runners

from " OZ " and New Zealand. One of his " tricks " was to use honey

(straight out of the jar by the spoonful) to give his athletes quick

energy for their workouts. This was decades before GU and all the

other sports concoctions. Even those on the " Paleo " diet couldn't

object to honey. I might try some honey next time I burn out in the

middle of a workout.

> Someone on another discussion list asked if they make bagels in

Australia

> because she is competing in an Iron man event there and wants

access to her

> favourite energy supplement, namely bagels. My response may be of

interest to

> others who intend visiting Oz.

>

> As someone who has been fortunate to spend time in Australia on a

few

> occasions, I have found that the Aussies have bagels and other

things which N

> America may not even have - and at least they know how to make

bread like it

> used to be made here. I am sure that if she cannot find what she

wants,

> then her Aussie hosts will always go out of their way to find it -

she will

> find that hospitality is in even greater abundance than bagels! In

addition,

> if she really wants another energy supplement, Oz probably is

unrivalled for

> its superlative honey - there is nothing I have come across that

compares

> with it in terms of variety, flavour and availability anywhere else

East or

> West. Try any of the following excellent high energy honies and

more:

> bluegum (eucalyptus), iron bark, Tasmanian leatherwood, red gum,

yellow box,

> stringy bark, strawberry clover and Blue Mountain.

>

> Oz honey compared with North American honey is like comparing a

good vintage

> wine with vinegar. Some countries seem to have all the luck in

some things!

> Once you have experienced Oz honey, you will end up having it

shipped to you

> regularly by good Aussie friends, as I do. There was even some

research

> showing that honey may offer some definite advantages over fructose

and other

> pure sugar energy supplements, so who says that supplements need to

taste

> like chemical factories? So, when I make my own energy bars and

bread, I use

> Aussie honey - maybe that is why there isn't a single commercial

energy bar

> which comes even vaguely close in flavour! In fact, I often don't

even

> bother to make energy bars - I have a quick whey shake, a few nuts

and a few

> spoonsful of Oz honey before and after workouts

>

> Dr Mel C Siff

> Denver, USA

> Supertraining/