Maltodextrin nutritional facts

 Many dangerous made-up maltodextrin nutritional facts


Maltodextrin is a carbohydrate made from the fermentation of starch, which can be found in fruits, vegetables and grains. It's used as a thickener for breads, cakes and pastries.

It has many uses in human nutrition including being the main ingredient in sports drinks and energy bars. It's also used to treat diarrhea and fluid loss resulting from infection or surgery.

The most common side effects from taking maltodextrin are diarrhea and gas, which sometimes can be severe.

A single gram of maltodextrin can raise the blood glucose level by about 0.4 mmol/L. This can trigger a rapid increase in the level of insulin, which may then lower the level of blood sugar. This is called the first-phase reaction and it leads to the effects commonly known as the "sugar rush". It lasts only a short time, but during it the user feels energized and more alert. The feeling usually comes before the blood sugar level actually falls. This has lead to the myth that taking a "sugar pill" before a test will ensure you get a good grade. Indeed, this might happen if taking a high dose of maltodextrin, but it is not a sure thing even if the user relies on luck.

In humans, the effects of the first-phase reaction are enhanced when the user is hungry. This leads to the myth that eating a small meal before taking a maltodextrin supplement will enhance the effects. Usually, however, the effects are mild enough that the user does not feel the need to eat. In some people, the effects are strong enough that the user feels sleepy. Because of this, many people taking maltodextrin for recreational purposes do so in the morning, just before going to work.

Because of its glucose-lowering effects, it is sometimes used by people with diabetes to regulate their blood sugar. This can be effective, but many use it for this reason, when all they really need to do is consume a moderate amount of calories. As a result, their diabetes is not adequately controlled and they require insulin afterward. This leads to dependency and tolerance buildup, which means that to get the same effect, the user has to take more and more maltodextrin, until tolerance is built up where further consumption has no effect.

Because of its laxative effects, it is sometimes used as a cheat in competitions such as the Cambridge University debating tournament. The reasoning is that since it makes you feel "nifty" before the competition, it will give you the confidence to win. This effect is sometimes seen when taking other drugs such as 5-hydroxytryptophan, an antidepressant which can have mild intoxicating properties itself.

The long-term effects of regular maltodextrin consumption are not known. There is some evidence that it can cause a condition called "functional bowel disorder" where the body can't properly digest food. This leads to the infamous "explosive diarrhea" that many people on maltodextrin report. The most likely reason for this is that the glutamate in the supplement is interfering with the body's ability to properly break down the food it absorbs. It is very unlikely that this will ever be a common health risk due to the fact that most people who take it regularly are idiots who eat foods that aren't properly digested and absorbed anyway.

Gelatin

In it's most basic form, gelatin is basically animal collagen. Collagen is a large family of proteins that serve a wide range of purposes in the animal kingdom. It makes up bones, tendons, skin, and other important body parts. Collagen is so important that many animals will even set their bones and heal wounds with it.

Collagen typically occurs in long chains that are much too large for the human body to use, hence the reason why we can't use it as a food source. Still, certain groups of animals such as lobsters and starfish have found a way to break down the larger collagen chains into smaller peptides that the human body can use. These small peptides are called proteases. Peptides have a much greater chance of being absorbed by the small intestines and incorporated into the body's proteins. This is how animals with collagen in their diet can heal wounds.

As with other types of drugs, the dose makes the poison. Collagen is no different. Just as your body can process small amounts of the stuff into useful peptides, it can also handle large amounts of it. A large amount of collagen would be needed to break down a dead body. The stomach would soon be filled with undigested bones, making it impossible to eat anything else.

Gelatin is useless to a bodybuilder in this form. It would simply pass through the digestive system unprocessed and wind up as useless bulk in the colon.

However, large amounts of the synthetic hydrolyzate called crepease poses a different set of problems. Hydrolyzate is simply a fancy name for a drug that mimics the actions of pure collagen. Just as pure collagen would be useless to a bodybuilder, so too would pure hydrolyzate. They are both too large to be absorbed by the body and used as building blocks for new tissue. To use either, they must first be broken down by the body into pure peptides.

There are two ways in which this is normally done. The first way is by introducing another substance called an activated enzyme complex (or A.E.C.) into the digestive system. This activates the body's own natural proteolytic (protein splitting) activity. This allows the body to digest its own proteins and trigger the release of digestive enzymes that can then start breaking down collagen into smaller parts. This is how higher animals such as ourselves normally break down our food.

The other way is to use an outside source of digestive power. This is normally some type of bacteria normally found in the human gut. Normally, these bacteria are harmless and do nothing of any practical importance. However, they can be grown in the lab and supplied with the necessary nutrients. When these lab-grown bacteria are introduced into the system, the body's normal digestive process is bypassed, and nutrient-laden fluids from the stomach are directly sent to the colon. This process is called indigestion and is a pretty common cause of death among bodybuilders. If the diet isn't carefully controlled, it can lead to massive diarrhea and death.

The drug used to grow these bacteria is called tryptophan. It is important for the growth of these bacteria because it is the precursor to the neurotransmitter serotonin, which helps regulate a vast array of bodily functions.

It is believed that high levels of tryptophan in the blood can increase the production and release of melanin, resulting in a change in skin color. It is not clear why some people experience this change, while others do not. The consistency of the liquid inside the dermis does seem to be related to skin tone, though.

Tryptophan can also help expand blood vessels, which helps the body to get more nutrients throughout the body. This is why many anabolic steroids purposely increase the level of tryptophan in the blood. If you inject yourself with the drug while you are an acute anabolic steroid Rash, your blood will literally Oooooze with fluid.

Tryptophan is absolutely vital to the bodybuilder on two separate fronts. The first of these uses is the obvious one, and that's to help the body break down collagen and other structural proteins. With these broken down into simple peptides that can be absorbed, the body can then use them to create new tissue. This is the basis of the anabolic steroid cycle, which is arguably the most important part of any muscle-building and -resistance training regime.

The second vital use is less obvious, at least at first. The body also needs a constant supply of digestive enzymes from somewhere. These enzymes break down the peptides the body has already absorbed into simpler substances that can then be absorbed. If you stop these enzymes from being made, you'll experience a buildup of unabsorbed material in the blood. This material can then block the transport of necessary oxygen and nutrients throughout the body, and can even contribute to some types of cancer.

These enzymes are made by another group of bacteria. These bacteria are normally found in the human gut and aid in the digestion process by breaking down food into smaller parts that can be absorbed. When a bodybuilder runs out tryptophan or the bacteria that produce tryptophan, the cycle stops, and nutrient transport is blocked which can lead to many problems.

The first is a general feeling of lethargy and putrification. The second is several types of cancer, the most notable one being bile duct cancer.

There is no way to prevent this without a constant supply of tryptophan, otherwise known as a supplement. It is also important to limit other types of food that might be putting the body through additional stress. For instance, it has been shown that food that is rich in sugar might decrease the tryptophan in the body to such a degree that it stops the process altogether.

Another example is drugs and banned substances. It has been found that anabolic steroids can severely decrease the amount of bacteria in the digestive track, to such a degree that tryptophan does not get broken down. AGEs ( Advanced Glycation End Products) from illegal substances can also do the same.


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