Thread: Why maltodextrin/dextrose is better than regular sugar ?

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Originally posted by Yeah Buddy!
regular table sugar (sucrose) has a significantly lower insulin index rating than dextrose or maltodexrin, meaning you would have to comsume a lot more of it to get the same insulin response post workout, which means more calories. Also a large part of it would go into refilling liver glycogen as opposed to with dextrose/maltodextrin which almost entirely all of it will go into refilling muscle gylcogen, which is definetly what you want post workout.

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