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    clarify on PWO carbs

    i remember seeing a post on here the other day about using honey as a replacment for dextrose in the PWO meal (due to shipping expense of ordering dextrose). swole even agreed that this was an adequate subsitute.

    however, on the supplements portion of this forum, someone stated honey was bad b/c it's 100% fructose (as has to go through the liver before the blood stream?) and that eating table sugar or candy would be better b/c they are 50%dextrose/50%glucose.

    is this true or is the guy full of ****? basically, i have a similar problem and am looking for an adequate replacement for dextrose (is gatorade better than honey?)

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    here's the post

    heres what was written

    Not a good idea seeing as honey is 100% fructose (witch must go to the liver before entering the bloodstream).

    If you can't find dextrose the next best thing would be red gatoraide (roughly 70% dextrose). If you can't find that, use table sugar (sucrose- 50/50 dextrose/fructose).

    Many candies are 100% dextrose, such as pixie sticks, smarties, ect.

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    if you have access to the gatorade i would choose it over the honey. the other guy couldnt get gatorade.

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    Honey is 40% fructose and also contains sucrose and glucose. Where did this guy get his info?

    And why would red gatorade be any better or worse than any other flavor?

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    Table sugar is pure sucrose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bad_man
    Honey is 40% fructose and also contains sucrose and glucose. Where did this guy get his info?

    And why would red gatorade be any better or worse than any other flavor?
    same thing i was thinking. flaovor doesnt matter, only difference is in the taste

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    www.yellowpages.com search for a local brewery and bike your ass over there they sell it extreamly cheap.. and if your cool they'll include a six pack

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    dextrose...$2.50 per pound....VITA PLUS ONLINE is the web site.sorry im computer illiterate and cant post the link

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    Quote Originally Posted by DEVLDOG
    dextrose...$2.50 per pound....VITA PLUS ONLINE is the web site.sorry im computer illiterate and cant post the link
    0.89 a pound at berry farms

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