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Old 04-02-2003, 08:30 PM   #1
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Is Gatorade good PW? What about all the fructose?

I keep hearing conflicting things; I hear that Gatorade is good, but fructose is bad. Well fructose is the first ingredient in Gatorade, followed by dextrose (which I know to be good), citric acid, natural flavors, salt, sodium citrate, monopotassium phosphate, calcium silicate, coconut oil, brominated vegetable oil, and blue 1.

I would buy buy pure dextrose, if I could find it. I live in a dry area so there are no breweries around me. Also I don't really want to pay $10 shipping on a $5 item buying it online. Are there other known places that sell the stuff?
 
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NOW brand dextrose, as I just posted in an earlier thread (as well as other guys), can be found in medium-larger sized health food stores, and the price range generally is 1.75-3.25 for 2lbs... this is really your best choice if you're looking locally for a high GI carb source... I believe 1fast sells dex now so you may check his prices, I find it very cheap locally so no need for me to go the online route with that particularly. good luck though.
 
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Well, fructose is not "bad" per se. I have looked at many Gatorade labels, and I have never seen dextrose on it...I have seen "Glucose-fuctose" on it as the main ingredient, but never dextrose...

anyway...

I personally believe that any form of simple carbohydrate, will do for the pre-workout situation...

dextrose, sucrose, fructose, glucose...

all get into the bloodstream fast...


Some guys will kill me for saying fructose is good for anything, but hear me out...

When most of us think "fructose" we immediately think "fruit sugar"...and as we know, all fruits have some form of fiber in them. Fiber slows the release of any carbohydrate from the stomach into the bloodstream to a certain extent.

So, if you were to use fructose in a free form (i.e honey or brown sugar) then you will be pleasantly suprized how well it fares when compared to dextrose or those other carbohydrate isolates.


Case in point:

personal experiences with brown sugar..

I have never in my life experienced a "sugar high", or a burst of energy from eating any form of carbohydrate, until recently. I got the "high" from eating a spoonful of brown sugar, alone, by itself with a cup of water to wash it down...

on an empty stomach, at about 4:00pm I did this last wednesday, and about 20 minutes later I was feeling as if I was jacked on ephedrine or something close to that. It was actually pretty cool


I have used dextrose, glucose and sucrose, and never got anything from it.

But that's just me.
 
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1 fast sells the now brand. 2 lbs for 2 bucks. Also, check local health food stores, not necessarily like a GNC but a health/organic type place. Also, the gatorade powder is primarily dextrose, if i remember. Its been a while since I have used it. There are other things that can spike your insulin as well. Many people eat smarties candies as they are almost entirely dextrose based, also things like white bread, certain cereals. The only advantages of dextrose are its cheap, a powder, and is one of the highest GI available.
 
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A good read for you....

Pre/During/Post Workout Nutrition
 
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it says to use glutamine ...what ya say aboot that YJ?
 
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I called Whole Foods Market, which if you don't have them where you live and know, are huge health food stores. The people who work there though haven't even heard of dextrose, and of course don't carry it.

What's 1fast everyone keeps talking about?

Thanks for the article YJ, I was somewhat curious before about how much of each macronutrient I should consume PW.

I was thinking the same thing LG.
 
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I called Whole Foods Market, which if you don't have them where you live and know, are huge health food stores. The people who work there though haven't even heard of dextrose, and of course don't carry it.

What's 1fast everyone keeps talking about?

Thanks for the article YJ, I was somewhat curious before about how much of each macronutrient I should consume PW.

I was thinking the same thing LG.
dont ask for dextrose @ whole foods. ask them to look in the sugar section or the NOW brands and look for NOW's dextrose in 2lb bag. Guarentee they will have some. Those cats dont know what dextrose is. Sage
 
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it says to use glutamine ...what ya say aboot that YJ?
OR BCAAs. I dont think he was advocating the use of glutamine. Its pretty mucb been established that, at 3-5 grams, most of that oral glutamine will not absorb. As for as its role, like he explained, there's no denying that, but it is the most abundant free form amino acid in the body, I doubt we are lacking any, unless you're running marathons once a week.
 
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Originally posted by JohnGafnea

What's 1fast everyone keeps talking about?
www.1fast400.com
 
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health food stores generally don't know wtf it is, because it's commonly just called corn sugar... so you could certainly ask around for that, and I reckon you'll have better luck... I agree with LG, to an extent it's not absolutely imperative that it be dex necessarily, but after having tried a few different kinds I am partial to the consistency and taste of dex in particular.
 
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LG and JohnG...it's not that fructose is necessarily bad, but it depends upon your goals with it. Fructose refills liver glycogen stores, which isn't exactly desirable post-workout. You want to refill muscle glycogen stores, which is what dextrose does. Fructose, although low GI, is extremely lipogenic (referring to the conversion of carbs to fat). I have tried before to find evidence on the effect of lactose and it's refilling of glycogen vs. muscle stores, but haven't come up with what I was looking for. For an interesting read from myself and Luke530 over at BB.com, try this:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...threadid=75977
 
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Old 04-03-2003, 11:16 AM   #13
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dont ask for dextrose @ whole foods. ask them to look in the sugar section or the NOW brands and look for NOW's dextrose in 2lb bag. Guarentee they will have some.
Nope.
 
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Here some dextrose for ya. $11 for 10lbs.

http://www.supplementdirect.com/?con...oduct_id=10819
 
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Not sure why you guys keep mentioning 1fast for dextrose. Every time I look it's out of stock.
 
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Hey lifeguard I want to express my point regarding your post on brown sugar, but why do you exactly want to feel the rush of "high" post workout? I just need some HIGH GI Carbs , or if you go with BOBO ( Protein and Wheat post workout) to get an insulin spike and transport my nutrients asap, can you explain it better please, I don't think gatorade is a good idea if you are looking for a HIGH GI carb , better stick to dextrose or maltodextrin. I am gonna look into a study but I really saw it , it explained that fructose of any kind once it pools full the liver, it goes straight into fat cells.

P.S. YellowJacket, thanks for the article on pre-post workout.
 
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Just to clear things up, I'm looking at my 560g container of Orange gatorade powder label right now. The ingredients exactly as listed on the label are:

Sugar, Dextrose, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Natural Flavours, Monopotassium Phosphate, Calcium Silicate, Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oils, Colour.

1 35g/Scoop = 132 Calories, 33g Carbs, 208mg Sodium, 64mg Potassium. 0 Fat/0 Protein.

Just posted this so there was no confusion as to exactly what was in Gatorade as even I mistakenly thought it contained Fructose.

Doesn't seem so bad to mix in with a postworkout shake although perhaps not as ideal as blend 50/50 Dextrose/Moltodextrins.
 
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well, I may be wrong but as the first ingredient listed is common "sugar", isn't that approximately 1:1 fructose/glucose? wouldn't make that entirely optimal, would it, as the pros/cons of fructose have already been covered?
 
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