carbohydrate powders!

[rovr4on]

Hey guys,

Im wanting to use a carbohydrate powder to mix with my protein as one of my meals during the day. I know that 'real' food is much better, and I will be having several 'real' food meals per day. But in terms of timing etc I cannot fit during this meal time.

Is there any carb powders you recommend? any thoughts of waxy maize?

and what I can add to this particular meal of "powder"

Thanks

[rovr4on]

hey mods, can you please move this to supplement section??

:wink:

[samoan_muscle]

Look up Vitargo. Havent tried myself but could be what you're looking for.

[Phedder]

I don't really know of many myself, but it'd possibly be cheaper to just use dextrose + a fibre supp instead of something like waxy maize. Haven't done the comparison myself but just a thought.

[rovr4on]

thanks guys,

SM when i looked at another thread in relation to vitargo on nzbb, the dude mentioned it was high gi, which is what im wanting to avoid as a meal replacement carb.

Phedder isnt dextrose a relatively high gi sugar aswell? and would dextrose + fibre be enough carbs for one meal? ie 40-50gm carbs?

Thanks guys

[samoan_muscle]

thanks guys,

SM when i looked at another thread in relation to vitargo on nzbb, the dude mentioned it was high gi, which is what im wanting to avoid as a meal replacement carb.

Phedder isnt dextrose a relatively high gi sugar aswell? and would dextrose + fibre be enough carbs for one meal? ie 40-50gm carbs?

Thanks guys

Didnt really think about the GI rating until after I posted it up.

I guess you could use fats etc to slow absorbtion.

Be keen to hear if you find something low GI.

[lazyeye]

only thing i can think of is oats, any carb that is a fine powder will have a high GI just from having a large surface area to volume.

like SM said though, adding a little fat will lower the GI a lot

[rovr4on]

in mass gainers they use maltodextrin/waxy maize as primary source of carbs yeah?

So these arent sugars but are high GI?

http://www.punchsupplements.co.nz/suppl ... -m100.html

The above link is to a carb powder that is Maltrin® M100 which apparently is low GI (rating of 10)...what do you think of maybe using this with a whey/casein and mix some MCT oil into it? anyone use MCT oils??

[Chemo]

magic bullet the shit outta some oats and pepper it with glucose

[rovr4on]

magic bullet, whenever I make shake with oats it always tastes average and oats sit at the bottom of the shake in chunks...and it need to take a powder with me in my bag as im a student so cant magic bullet the shit outa oats while im in between classes :x

[Chemo]

Dont be shy bro, do what you need to do. Grind that ishhhh in class

Could always try potato starch and I think you can get powdered carbs from ON

[rovr4on]

interesting, any thoughts on the above link?

[Chemo]

considering your using it as a meal replacement not a post workout thing I wouldn't bother with glucose. Low Gi carbs and maybe some MCTs or fats would be good. Blue top milk and http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/opt/oatsandwhey.html ?

Vitargo looks all good

Perhaps look at making some home made protein bars?

Special K, Oats, Whey/MPC make some tasty treats

[tonyb]

Try baby food. Good clean carbs in a can.

I like the carrots & rice.

[rovr4on]

just had a look at the ON oats n whey and turns out they just use oat flour as main ingredient for oat component, turns out you can buy oat flour in bulk for about $10, anyone used this as part of homemade mass shake??

http://www.ntolerance.co.nz/Shop/Produc ... at%20Flour

also powder isnt higher GI, due to increase in surface area when powdered.

Particle size influences the digestion rate and consequent metabolic effects of wheat and maize but not oats.

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/4/675

[PeterDolan]

Virtago is High GI but has little impact on blood glucose because is a high molecular weight carb that is digested amazingly fast

[rovr4on]

so would you recommend that over oat flour PD?

[PeterDolan]

A few things you wanna way up before you make a decision.

First off virtago is expensive as hell, karbolyn by professional supplements is cheaper as is the one by Labrada where as oat flour is cheap as chips.

Second of all, what is the point of choosing this carb source? When will it be ingested? I'd use virtago or the likes of it intra/post work out, rest of the day I don't see too much value. Oat flour I'd add to protein powders at other times of the day just to add a slow digesting carb.

Probably some other variables I've missed