Sport Post workout drink

[Waitwhat?]

I just bought some Accelerade for my post workout. Then I read the label. 20 grams of SUGAR in one scoop?? That seems like it is going against everything that I eat during the day. What do you guys think?

 

[MASSwrestler]

Thats alot of sugar. If it was me I would avoide using that.
What else is in it?

 

[Karky]

protein and fast acting carbs are good PWO. When you train your muscles glycogen stores (chains of glucose) are used and drinking a PWO shake with carbs helps to restore that.

 

[~LV~]

The sugar that I'm assuming they are referring to on the label is either Dextrose or Malto-Dex which, as Kark said above, is fine for PWO nutrition. My post WO drink consists of 40g of whey and 80g of Dextrose (corn sugar).

 

[Waitwhat?]

Let's see... it's the 4:1 ratio drink
1 gram Fat
21 carbs
20 sugar
5 protein
Contains: Sucrose. Whey protein, trehalose,citric acid, fructose, maltodextrin and some others...

 

[malkore]

fructose a very crappy sugar for PWO nutrition. You want malto dextrin, dextrose, or glucose.

Like LV, I just mix my own, so its tailored to MY body weight and needs.

 

[Karky]

fructose a very crappy sugar for PWO nutrition. You want malto dextrin, dextrose, or glucose.

Like LV, I just mix my own, so its tailored to MY body weight and needs.

dude, dextrose and glucose are the same

 

[FunctionalTrain]

you can be simple and drink some chocolate milk. Good carbrotein ratio, and maybe add a little more to it, if you like.

 

[tic]

if you drink milk, drink non-fat kind for pwo shake. The fat will hinder the quick absorbing factor of the whey protein.