Ribose

... As I just got the library and began studying nutrient metabolism where I left off, I find a chart of all carbohydrate types, their food sources and end products of digestion.

Below I posted about Detour's "Core Strength" bar to help with strength training due to ribose in the bar.

Ribose, (a pentose monosaccharide) according to one of my books, has "No food sources. "

"Ribose, xylose, and arabinose (all pentose monosaccharides) do not occur in free form in foods. They are derived from pentosans of fruits and from the nucleic acids of meat products and seafood. " Table 3.1 from Nutrition Basics

( I assume then Detour people extracted the derivative from fruits or meats and put it into their bars, I wonder if there is any scientific proof ingesting ribose in this form is beneficial at all ???????? Ding Ding Ding, Light Bulb : New Thesis Project Idea: Potential Benefits of Ribose in sports nutrition products ? Maybe... but I was considering: "The cost effectiveness of Organic Food Gardens in Schools and Communities" )

Food sources of Hexose Monosaccharides


Fruits, Honey, Corn Syrup for

• Glucose...

Fruits and Honey only for

• Fructose
• Galactose
• Mannose
  

Food sources for Polysaccharides

Indigestible Polysach.:

(food source is...) : Stalks, Leaves of vegetables, outer covering of seeds for

• Cellulose
• Hemicellulose

Fruits for

• Pectins

Plant Secretions and Seeds for

• Gums and Mucilages

Partially Digestible Polysach.:

(food source is..): J. Artichokes, onions, garlic, and mushrooms

• Inulin

(ew) Snails (are a source of..)

• galactogens

Legumes

• Mannosans

Sugar beets, kidney beans, lentils, and navy beans

• Raffinose

Beans

• Stachyose

Fruits and Gums

• Pentosans

Digestible Polysaccharide Food Sources are:

Grains, vegetables ( tubers and legumes) for

• Starch
• Dextrins

Meat Products and Seafood for

• Glycogen

I almost forgot!

Lunch Yesterday:

I grabbed this on my way to shopping yesterday because I had a later breakfast and knew I was going to the gym after. It looks just like whats on the package! Any runners out there- These are super quick, great pre or post fuel! They have MicroLactin for "joint health".... The Lemon Flavor was Phenomenal!

Nutrition profile at 200 calories, 12 g of protein (whey) and 4 g of fiber 30 g carbohydrates

Here is their web description :
The 'Be-Kind-To-Runners' Bar
If you are a runner, you know the pounding your joints can take - and so do we. The Detour Runner Bar was made just for you. It contains whey protein and MicroLactin®, a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory derived from milk proteins that has been reported to improve joint health and function

I am highly impressed wth Detour overall because they also had "Yoga" bars, which have "lemon balm" which is supposed to help with calming you- so that you can focus.

I am iffy on the "core strength" bar because it has "ribose" to help the primary source of energy ATP.... I haven''t eaten it yet, but to my knowledge of studying for this Advanced Nutrient Metabolism class , ribose is already made sufficiently in your body. It is interesting that it is now able to be put into a bar! We will have to see!

I also have to research Microlactin more especially with my knee problems and running and Lemon Balm for calmness, neither which I have heard of before. Have any of you ?