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Hey guys,
Just curious as to everyone's thoughts on these two carbohydrate sources. Over the years I've gone back and forth in my thoughts on which is better. I'm talking primarily using them as an intra/post workout carb source mixed with aminos or protein.
Right now I think that Maltodextrin is better, as I believe it is a very high GI carb source which should give you a good insulin spike and therefore help pull amino acids and glycogen into the muscles post workout and initiate recovery. From everything I've read about it, I've concluded that Waxy maize is a med-low GI carb, although there are many different opinions on it. I'm pretty convinced that any label claims about it "sinking through your system" or whatever are mostly marketing hype and not backed up by real science.
However. I have often been wrong before, and I see many people I respect writing about how they like using Waxy Maize, including a post I just read by Get Some, something I recently read by Dante (creator of DC training), and plenty of others.
Which do you guys prefer? Do you have any studies or information that would be pertinent to this question? Or should the two be used at different times for different purposes?
Thanks for your input Gentlemen!
Just curious as to everyone's thoughts on these two carbohydrate sources. Over the years I've gone back and forth in my thoughts on which is better. I'm talking primarily using them as an intra/post workout carb source mixed with aminos or protein.
Right now I think that Maltodextrin is better, as I believe it is a very high GI carb source which should give you a good insulin spike and therefore help pull amino acids and glycogen into the muscles post workout and initiate recovery. From everything I've read about it, I've concluded that Waxy maize is a med-low GI carb, although there are many different opinions on it. I'm pretty convinced that any label claims about it "sinking through your system" or whatever are mostly marketing hype and not backed up by real science.
However. I have often been wrong before, and I see many people I respect writing about how they like using Waxy Maize, including a post I just read by Get Some, something I recently read by Dante (creator of DC training), and plenty of others.
Which do you guys prefer? Do you have any studies or information that would be pertinent to this question? Or should the two be used at different times for different purposes?
Thanks for your input Gentlemen!