Exercise can lead to a depletion of the body’s glycogen stores, particularly those of the liver and in the exercising muscle, and to the development of a body water deficit.

Glycogen depletion results from the mobilization of the stores to provide energy for the muscular contraction of the exercise, and is a major factor contributing to fatigue.

Muscle glycogen depletion

If exercise is undertaken when the muscles are depleted of their glycogen stores, performance will be poorer than when the muscle glycogen stores are optimal. This has been shown to be
true for prolonged exercise of 1–2 h duration for high-intensity exercise
lasting only a few minutes.In most of thesesituations, performance will be closely related tothe size of the glycogen stores at the beginning of exercise

Postexercise carbohydrate
replacement (gummybears)

The primary aim of carbohydrate ingestion following exercise is to promote glycogen resynthesis and restoration of the muscle and liver glycogen utilized during exercise. This is of particular importance when a further bout of exercise is to be undertaken and therefore is of significance to all athletes in training and in competition. Several factors will influence the rate at which glycogen resynthesis occurs after exercise.The most important factor is undoubtedly the amount of carbohydrate consumed: the type of carbohydrate and the time of ingestion are less important, but also have an effect.

While the Gummy bears are considered to be a rich source of dextrose food products (candy) with high glycemic carbohydrate.Fitness enthusiast prefer them post workout to replenish the depleted carbohydrates that get burned during any form of physical activity.

Consuming Gummy bears increases the blood sugar level thereby creating an insulin spike and those carbohydrates which result in a large and sustained elevation of the blood glucose concentration after ingestion are the most effective when rapid glycogen replacement is desired

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