Originally Posted by
Null66
If I remember correctly maltodextrin is legally not a sugar, but a carb. It has a GI of 130, and digests rapidly as 2 glucose...
Great short term ride fuel... Great way to address low blood sugar. If you're quite low, you can feel it kick in... but it fades as rapidly.
My glucose meter suggests that Hammer Gel works like a complex carbohydrate. At least for me, it is definitely
not a short-term fuel. Their "long-chain maltodextrin" claim sure sounds like marketing BS... but in this case it appears to work.