Nutrition on the road - What, How and Why?

Hutch's book mentions a little protein on 3+ hour rides. If you got low body fat you can apparently risk burning into muscle.

I took this a a green light to add about 20g of protein over a 5 hour ride in the form of 2 bars (the protein is from nuts). It satisfies hunger nicely.

This messes with the use of carbs?

What would he know about 3hr+ rides? :P

A little won't hurt. After the ride is when protein SMASH though.

It's mostly the fat that should be kept low, during.