dextrose and maltodextrin - Philippine Bodybuilding and Fitness Board

koykoy · Member

RE: dextrose and maltodextrin

theveed · PBFB Admin

The IV used in hospital is only 5% dextrose with water.

Dextrose is not a drug, it's a type of sugar. Same "family" as glucose, sucrose, etc.

koykoy · Member

oh.. and i was almost going to buy that... anyway, what does it look like? Will I just go to mercury drug and ask for "dextrose" that is taken orally?

theveed · PBFB Admin

Lahat ng dextrose pwede kainin, kahit puro, para lang nga sya sugar less sweet....

It looks like confection sugar, parang cornstarch na di namumuo at pinong pino... ala cocaine hahaha.

hair_fluff · Member

quote:
Originally posted by: IronHeaD
"http://www.howlingdogalaska.com/maltodex.html
Check this out dude."

hahahahaha...
its also a post-workout supplement for people...

hair_fluff · Member

quote:
Originally posted by: theveed
"NOW foods meron sa Healthy Options.... "

checked there... they don't have it anymore.

koykoy · Member

baka OT na ako but i cant seem to find dextrose in oral form here... same lang ba ang effect ng coke softdrink sa dextrose? :)

theveed · PBFB Admin

no that's sucrose.

go to any of those chinese medicine stores (sa greenhills dami), sa DEC mga ganun... HiTop, Unimart etc meron din and look for DEXTROSOL or something like that... it's not that hard to find actually.

koykoy · Member

thanks... i found one at mercury drug, about 40 pesos per 100 grams.. the irony is that it's distributed by my friend's company and he didnt know about it... hehehe... in layman's terms kc, it sounds like a thing when your admitted at the hospital...

anyway, is it normal that after drinking a PWO meal with dextrose, you feel very thirsty for the next few hours? im also concerned that when we were younger, we were told that eating too much sweets promotes diabetes.. is this a concern while taking dextrose?

theveed · PBFB Admin

Are you ALREADY a diabetic? If not, and your family has no history, one dose of PWO dex a day will not cause you to be diabetic, you get roughly the same amount of sugar with 500ml of soda a day anyway.

But if you are a diabetic and/or has a family history of it, there's only one answer, consult your doctor.

koykoy · Member

thanks... my uncle is a type I but i think he is an exception rather than the rule...

anyway, i researched from the abcbodybuilding.com... di naman pala concern ang diabetes if you are working out eh... as a matter of fact, its the other way around... after an intense workout, our cells are more sensitive to insulin so from the WoO article, its a very good thing to put some simple sugars in our PWO...

to kasing mga walang kabuluhang advise ng mga nakakatanda and culprit eh... like if you eat sugar a lot, u will become diabetic... hehehe...

koykoy · Member

clarification lang mga fafa:

after your PWO with dextrose, tatamis ba yung mga laway niyo? like you really want to drink more water? and this goes on for the next couple of hours? juz wondering if normal ba ang feeling na ganyan...

kingkaboodles · Senior Member

from my experience - nope.

IronHeaD · Senior Member

quote:
Originally posted by: koykoy
"clarification lang mga fafa: after your PWO with dextrose, tatamis ba yung mga laway niyo? like you really want to drink more water? and this goes on for the next couple of hours? juz wondering if normal ba ang feeling na ganyan... "

dapat hindi. try to have a glucose challenge sa lab or sa hospital.

koykoy · Member

ganun ba? pero medyo ok na man... dinamihan ko nalang ng tubig

edit: Sa'n ka nga ba kayo nakabili ng malto? Can't find it here ah...

-- Edited by koykoy at 19:11, 2005-04-28