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Re carb suplementation during competition: does it make a great deal of
difference what type of carb is used? simple, complex? I know folks that
supplement with syrup, brown sugar, some use maltodextrose. Do you think it
really make a great deal of difference?

Steph>

In human sport they use some pretty active carbs, but usually a combination of 
faster acting and slower acting sugars. We use a slower acting sugar so that we 
don't get a spike followed by a crash--horses running by somebody holding up a 
bottle of gatoraide won't grab it and slog it down every ten minutes. You have 
to wait for a water stop to dose. so, you need a little calmer sugar under 
those circumstances.

ti


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