Carb Supplements
Should you take a carb supplement? Yes. if you’re an endurance athlete. Yes. if you’re trying to gain strength and meet your macronutrient goals - Walter Hinchman
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The Ultimate Guide To Carbohydrate Supplements – Benefits, Uses, Side Effects
The problem with the majority of available carbohydrate supplements, is that their made with cheap ingredients, offering suboptimal nutritional value. Supplements like maltodextrin, dextrose, and cluster dextrin are manufactured with genetically modified corn starch, resulting in a highly glycemic carbohydrate source, used for fast-acting energy.
Simple carbohydrates spike your insulin levels, which gives you a quick, yet short-lived boost of energy but can attribute to low blood sugar leaving you feeling tired, fatigued, and lethargic. Ever chugged a sugary energy drink, carb supplement, or eaten a snack before a workout or long run and find yourself gassed-out mid-way through your…
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Post-workout carbs: Are you drinking tons of sugar for no reason?
There are two kinds of people in the fitness industry: those that give you advice and motivate you, so that you will buy their product, and those that give you advice, because you paid them for it. Nah, that’s just the cynic in me talking. You do not need to consume any carbohydrates after your training sessions. When ample protein is ingested, carbs do not have any additive effect on protein balance. You don’t have to avoid carbs, but adding sugar to your shakes is, well, just like adding sugar to any other meal.
Does Your Shake Needs More Carbs? Reviewing Swolverine’s Clean Carbs
If you’re looking to get on track with your macros and/or simply optimize your performance in the box, Clean Carbs might be a solid way to simplify the process and ensure that you’re getting sufficient complex carbs. Though the nutrient often scares fitness lovers away, carbs are tremendously important in any athlete’s diet to promote better recovery periods and overall energy.
Karbolyn® is a carbohydrate loader that provides a fast-acting and sustained boost in muscle energy.
Karbolyn is a bioengineered starch designed to replenish glycogen stores to the body. It has several key advantages over generic carbohydrate loaders...
To Carb or Not To Carb?
To truly maximize muscle recovery and growth, your best bet is to consume fast carbs along with protein immediately after workouts. There's really no debating how well this strategy works in the real world. Skipping carbs after a workout to prevent a drop in hormone levels, or because they don't increase muscle protein synthesis, is silly if you're eating carbs at other meals.
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The Ultimate Guide To Carbohydrate Supplements – Benefits, Uses, Side Effects
Clean carbohydrate sources or complex carbohydrates from real food, provide the long-lasting sustained energy you need for prolonged exercise activity, such as running, cycling, swimming, and high-intensity training. However, the vast majority of carbohydrate supplements are made from genetically modified cornstarch such as dextrose, maltodextrin, and highly branched cyclic (cluster) dextrin, otherwise known as sugar, which provides a quick burst of energy, with little to no nutritional value.
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