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The idea of SuperStarch is that it does not lead to a rapid rise in blood sugar, but this is typically not a problem when exercising as your muscles use the extra carbohydrate. SuperStarch might be of use when restocking your glycogen at other times, but typically food based slow carbohydrates will contain other nutrients. It's possible that SuperStarch may be of use if your training load is so great that you don't have time to eat normally, or for [[Carbohydrate Loading]] before a race. However, there is little evidence to support this.
==Glycemic Index of Generation UCAN 's SuperStarch==
[[File:UCAN-GlycemicIndex.png|rightnone|thumb|500px300px|My blood glucose response to 50g of pure Glucose or 50g of SuperStarch.]]
I was curious to see how SuperStarch would affect my blood glucose at rest. I took 50g of SuperStarch first thing in the morning after an overnight fast, but before any exercise. I used the standard protocol for evaluating [[Glycemic Index]], which is a blood glucose test before consumption, then 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, and 120 minutes after. On a separate day I repeated the experiment with 50g of pure glucose. As you can see from the graph above, the Super Starch produces much less of a blood glucose spike, but keeps the elevation for much longer. Interestingly, the incremental Area Under the Curve (iAUC) of SuperStarch is greater than glucose, it's Glycemic Index works out as 104.
==Running with SuperStarch==