Complex Carb post workout

sicko · 09-05-2006, 05:32 AM

Hello....

My post workout consists of 40-60 carbs complex carbs...(before asking me why I do not add dextrose maltose etc I just dont want and I find it easier to stay lean during my bulking)...so.....
my questions.....

1) Are quick oats (Ready Brek with 40% oat flour) cooked (stir for 4 mins) better absorbed than raw oats?

2)I can also easily eat 2 sweet potatoes immediately after having my whey shake...Do you know what sort of SUGAR do the sweet potatoes have? http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-B00001-01c20h1.html
I mean they have 15 sugars out of 37 carbs in a 180 potato... what kind of sugar is it? i am asking to know whether those are available for muscle glycogen refill... 2 sweet potatoes would have a total of 30 grams of sugar...

thanks

**calalily1972** · 09-05-2006, 10:10 AM

Sweet potatoes are healthy and there is nothing wrong with eating them PWO. Most people use oats or dextrose but sweet potato is just as fine and better than the dextrose anyway, IMO

09-05-2006, 05:32 AM	#1
sicko Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 114 Photos: 1	Sugar in Sweet Potatoes, Post workout Hello.... My post workout consists of 40-60 carbs complex carbs...(before asking me why I do not add dextrose maltose etc I just dont want and I find it easier to stay lean during my bulking)...so..... my questions..... 1) Are quick oats (Ready Brek with 40% oat flour) cooked (stir for 4 mins) better absorbed than raw oats? 2)I can also easily eat 2 sweet potatoes immediately after having my whey shake...Do you know what sort of SUGAR do the sweet potatoes have? http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-B00001-01c20h1.html I mean they have 15 sugars out of 37 carbs in a 180 potato... what kind of sugar is it? i am asking to know whether those are available for muscle glycogen refill... 2 sweet potatoes would have a total of 30 grams of sugar... thanks Nicolas Sport Biochemistry BSc University of Essex PwC Associate Last edited by sicko : 09-05-2006 at 06:03 AM.

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09-05-2006, 10:10 AM	#2
calalily1972 Moderator Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,438 Photos: 1	Sweet potatoes are healthy and there is nothing wrong with eating them PWO. Most people use oats or dextrose but sweet potato is just as fine and better than the dextrose anyway, IMO