How to Avoid “Nutrition Burnout” During a Long Training Block

Have you ever experienced nutrition burnout during a long training block? Mental fatigue can be caused from eating the same fuels repeatedly during marathon or ultra preparation. ‘Flavour fatigue’ is a common issue, with overly sweet products in particular - and repeated exposure to them - becoming a problem.

At Active Root we’re balancing natural ingredients with the stomach-settling properties of ginger, and a range of interesting flavours to ensure you don’t suffer flavour fatigue and you can fuel consistently over hours. With Active Root, there are no artificial flavours. Just natural tastes through the use of dried fruit powders, extracts and juices! And did you know that ginger actually stimulates appetite, making it the perfect fuel of choice for longer endurance efforts?

How Ginger Can Help

Ginger has been used to cure nausea and sea sickness since ancient Chinese times. It is now the bedrock DNA of Active Root sports nutrition. We use natural root ginger in our products to prevent gastric discomfort before, during and after exercise.

Ginger is well-known for its ability to soothe the stomach. Ginger contains the compound Gingerol, which can help contribute to soothing the stomach by relaxing the muscles in the gut. It also can have a calming effect, reducing bloating and stomach discomfort. The ginger in Active Root has been specially used because of the high gingerol ratio!

Ginger also stimulates appetite, making it easier for athletes to consume necessary nutrients and fluids during prolonged exercise sessions. This appetite boost becomes increasingly crucial during endurance events where maintaining fuel and hydration levels is critical.

Natural Ingredients

Natural ingredients tend to retain more of their original flavour. Where we use real ginger and other natural ingredients like unbleached cane sugar, the taste composition of our products is more authentic and enjoyable compared to those loaded with artificial flavours. We believe consuming sports nutrition should be enjoyable, and a better experience can allow you to focus more on your performance instead of a bad taste in your mouth. Active Root uses a variety of natural ingredients that can be found in most of our products. Predominantly, we use Natural Cane Sugar as our fuel source, Natural Sea Salt as our electrolyte source, and Ginger to help settle your stomach.

As you may be aware, we take pride in our use of stomach-settling ginger, but our use of natural ingredients can also contribute towards a normal functioning stomach. As the body can recognise these ingredients more easily, they are less likely to cause an upset stomach, whereas artificial additives can sometimes cause unwanted side effects.

Variety Of Flavours

Our Original Ginger flavour is our staple - the first flavour we offered, and a firm favourite for so many. We offer our Original Ginger flavour in our Sports Drink Mix, Electrolite Drink Mix, Gel Mix and Energy Gels. The Sports Drink Mix is a carbohydrate based drink designed to fuel and sustain longer efforts, whereas the Electrolite Drink Mix is a low calorie hydration drink designed more to replenish electrolytes lost in sweat during shorter, more intense sessions.

Gel Mix is a fully customisable powder where you decide the amount of carbohydrates, calories, and sodium you get to fine-tune your fuelling strategy. Energy Gels are pre-mixed and designed for convenience on the go.

Sports Drink Mix is also available in Peppermint, Green Tea (caffeinated) and Summer Punch (strawberry and kiwi); all flavours contain 239mg of ginger. We also provide a Variety Pack with four sachets of each flavour; this pack will keep you fuelled, hydrated, and comfortable, with enough variation to excite the senses and avoid flavour fatigue! Each flavour contains the optimal amount of ginger to keep your stomach settled during exercise.

Our Energy Gels are also available in Apple, Rhubarb, Lemon, and caffeinated Citrus; each flavour contains 50mg of ginger. You can try each flavour with our Variety Pack.

We offer Energy Chews in Lemon, Mango or Mixed Berry flavour, and Recovery Drink Mix in Cocoa, showing you are truly spoiled for choice when it comes to Active Root flavours.

After hours of gels and sports drinks, it’s not just your taste buds that get tired. Many athletes find themselves craving something they can actually chew. Our new Energy Bar offers a soft, chewy texture, providing a welcome break from liquid fuel. Including solid food in your fuelling strategy can help break up the monotony and make it easier to keep taking in the energy you need as the miles add up. Fuelling isn’t solely about carbs - it’s about finding options you’ll actually want to keep eating.

We believe consuming sports nutrition should be enjoyable, and a better experience can allow you to focus more on your performance instead of a bad taste in your mouth. We provide variety packs and sample bundles so you can try them all. Banish flavour fatigue and nutrition burnout from your training blocks and long runs!