Thread: Which is the Best Complex Carbohydrate Supplement?

Quaker = Oats

Unfortunately it is not available where I live.

I also would like to mix it with whey too.

Just look for a high carb sugarfree food. such as sugar free bread. Boiled potatoes. Eat a good high carb food like quaker oats.... about 2 hours before your workout. After two hours the carbs in you system should be at its highest and ready to be used for energy.

Originally Posted by roncc4

Unfortunately it is not available where I live.

I also would like to mix it with whey too.

Yes Oats are a rare precious food that is very difficult to find...
just eat a snickers then.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Yes Oats are a rare precious food that is very difficult to find...
just eat a snickers then.

Can't afford it.

So i will settle for a Baked Potato.

maltodextrin is not a complex carbohydrate.

just because you stick 4 ten pound plates and a five pound plate together does not mean you have a 45 pound plate, therefore, just because you bind together a crapload of glucose molecules into a glucose polymer does not mean you have a complex carbohydrate. its still just a bunch of sugar stuck together, on a molecular level.

Originally Posted by FishOrCutBait

maltodextrin is not a complex carbohydrate.

just because you stick 4 ten pound plates and a five pound plate together does not mean you have a 45 pound plate, therefore, just because you bind together a crapload of glucose molecules into a glucose polymer does not mean you have a complex carbohydrate. its still just a bunch of sugar stuck together, on a molecular level.

This is incorrect. A complex carbohydrate is a bunch of glucose molecules linked to together like chains. Maltodextrin is a complex carbohydrate, but it becomes blood sugar (glucose) super fast--faster than any sugar aside from pure glucose monomers (dextrose). All complex carbs are just sugar linked together (they usually have a relatively small amount of indigestible fiber, too). If one is looking for slow release carbs, any whole grain (oats, barley, wheat, etc) will do.

Originally Posted by roncc4

Unfortunately it is not available where I live.

I also would like to mix it with whey too.

you got all them suppliments where you live but no oats?

I stand corrected! thanks PFH, what is different about the bonds in malto as compared to say, brown rice? The protein/fiber in it, aside.

There are many factors, including lack of fiber and protein. It is also partially hydrolyzed and very branched.

Originally Posted by roncc4

Can't afford it.

So i will settle for a Baked Potato.

Yes its asking a bit much to spend $2.50 on oats
I can see how that could be out of your budget

Originally Posted by PirateFromHell

This is incorrect. A complex carbohydrate is a bunch of glucose molecules linked to together like chains. Maltodextrin is a complex carbohydrate, but it becomes blood sugar (glucose) super fast--faster than any sugar aside from pure glucose monomers (dextrose). All complex carbs are just sugar linked together (they usually have a relatively small amount of indigestible fiber, too). If one is looking for slow release carbs, any whole grain (oats, barley, wheat, etc) will do.

malodextrin metabolizes only slightly slower than dextrose due to the weak hydrogen bonds between the glucose molecules. that's why the GI or dextrose and maltodextrin is basically the same. maltodextrin is a glucose polymer but it shouldn't even been placed in the same category as whole food complex carbs like oats, yams, rice, etc... PWO only for maltodextrin