Replacing glycogen without dextrose?

I am working in Nigeria for 6 weeks and cant get hold of any dextrose fore my PWO shake

i brought some with me, but its almost run out

is there any other way i can replenish lost glycogen without dextrose?

i thought about using sugar but have been told that sucrose doe nothing to help

how about fructose in fruit?

If you can get your hands on smarties or sweet tarts, they are both straight dextrose.

Barring that honey or other types of simple sugars (BUT NOT FRUCTOSE) would be good alternatives.

smarties? yeah i can probablt find them - arent they loaded with refined sugar though?

what other simple sugars are there? does pure sugar definitely not work?

Honey. I used it for quite a while when I couldn't get dex and it worked great.

what do u have with the honey? and how much do u need?

you just drink the honey out of a measuring spoon...i think a tablespoon worth is 17g sugar...so just use the amount that would be the equivalent in grams of sugar when using dex.

ok cool
i hope this doesnt make me throw up

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Originally Posted by G-Force

smarties? yeah i can probablt find them - arent they loaded with refined sugar though?

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No, they are pure dex and malto.

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now that is interesting - who would've thought smarties could be a key part of a bodybuilders diet

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Originally Posted by G-Force

now that is interesting - who would've thought smarties could be a key part of a bodybuilders diet

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Many sh*t pink twinkies when I list those in one of my customized program approaches. :)

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Originally Posted by SwoleCat

Many sh*t pink twinkies when I list those in one of my customized program approaches. :)

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mmmmmm pink twinkies

Pixie stix are dextrose too! :dg: