Maltodextrin and weight gainers

[teenage_guru]

Iv'e read up about maltodextrin and ive noticed its pretty much digested at the rate of sugar. Yet every weight gainer seems to use it. Is this a problem??

[uhockey]

Iv'e read up about maltodextrin and ive noticed its pretty much digested at the rate of sugar. Yet every weight gainer seems to use it. Is this a problem??

It has it's place, but unless one is an extremely hard gainer, whole foods are ALWAYS superior to supplements and weight gainers.

[teenage_guru]

yea agreed, just wen i have very little time, weight gainer shakes are the best option(better have something then nothing), i was just asking, will the maltodextrin just make me store fat?

[uhockey]

yea agreed, just wen i have very little time, weight gainer shakes are the best option(better have something then nothing), i was just asking, will the maltodextrin just make me store fat?

Excess calories make you store fat and high glycemic carbs like malto aren't going to help.

I personally use a whey/casein blend such as Sustain or GF Pro, Ground Oats, and Peanuts in a ziplock bag. It allows me to customize macros as I desire, it saves me money, and it tastes better while making me feel full longer. Best of all worlds, outside of a whole food meal.

[Sixpack]

I do the exact same thing, Mike do u heat this up or just poor in a cup and eat with a spoon?

Excess calories make you store fat and high glycemic carbs like malto aren't going to help.

I personally use a whey/casein blend such as Sustain or GF Pro, Ground Oats, and Peanuts in a ziplock bag. It allows me to customize macros as I desire, it saves me money, and it tastes better while making me feel full longer. Best of all worlds, outside of a whole food meal.

[naturalguy]

Malto in a gainer is actually a good carb source. While malto has a high GI, when it's combined with protein/fat/fiber (as is the case in gainers/MRP's) the GI is lowered.

You would only have to be concerned with it if you were ingesting malto on an empty stomach, in a fasted state.

[sonicology]

I personally use... and it tastes better while making me feel full longer. Best of all worlds, outside of a whole food meal.

This is actually a disadvantage for me, as I struggle to get enough calories in whilst bulking as it is. I do agree that your suggestion is much healthier than a premade gainer full of malto however. It's actually very similar to my homemade gainers, except that I like to add banana or prunes to mine as well.

[Baixaria]

Malto in a gainer is actually a good carb source. While malto has a high GI, when it's combined with protein/fat/fiber (as is the case in gainers/MRP's) the GI is lowered.

You would only have to be concerned with it if you were ingesting malto on an empty stomach, in a fasted state.

Supppose you combine Malto, oats and Isolate Protein, does the GI remain the same?

[uhockey]

Supppose you combine Malto, oats and Isolate Protein, does the GI remain the same?

No. Protein from the powder and the oats plus Fiber from the oats obviously decreases the GI of the meal as a whole.

[Coulaid]

I do the exact same thing, Mike do u heat this up or just poor in a cup and eat with a spoon?

You eat protein powder dry?

[uhockey]

You eat protein powder dry?

I do sometimes.

Dymatize Vanilla, DS Sustain, and Substance WPI Chocolate Malt are the best.

When I eat my whey/oat/peanut shakes during the day, I pour it into a rubbermaid collapsable waterbottle that fits in my whitecoat, add water, shake, consume. It's been a lifesaver.