maltodextrin/glucose/dextrose

[Guest guest]

Apparently dextrose is the same thing as D-glucose, which is the form of

glucose found in food, so dextrose = glucose.

According to this article:

http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/magazine03/dextrose.htm

....maltodextrin is just a short string of glucose, which would make it the

same as maltose, but with slightly longer chains. If that's true, maltodextrin

should be easier, not harder, to digest than most starches.

The article's argument for consuming maltodextrin with the dextrose seems

iffy to me, but his advocation for including a source of sodium with the glucose

makes sense to me.

Supposedly, according to this article, you can get both at a regular grocery

store.

Chris