Bcaa

[Stevegc]

I’ve been keto for over 1 month now, also practicing 24 hour fasts everyday. I’ve recently started taking BCAA’s 30 minutes before weightlifting. It wasn’t until today I noticed that the ingredients say also contains maltodextrin. I know that maltodextrin is used a lot in manufacturing of pills as it helps with the production and the amount in them is going to be very little but will this still affect my keto negatively or am I good to carry on.

[Shortstuff]

Maltodextrin goof

Hello all - I am a T2D and have been in keto only 10 days. So far, so good BUT– I have been using a ‘Stevia’ sweetener in moderation in some items, such as electrolyte drink. Finally I looked closely at the ingredients and first listed was MALTODEXTRIN. My BG has been reasonably stable with a few unexplained spikes. Seeing now as I have been eating maltodextrin ( with a higher glycemic index than sugar) I figure that might be the culprit. Take home message for newbies like myself: be extr…

[Robert_Johnson]

Maltodextrin is used in many products as an anti-caking agent.

I have no idea how much is used, would be nice to know. But I noticed a problem when I was using sugar free Metamucil. Labeled as “safe for diabetics”. Outright lie. I was having really bad spiking glucose issues. Took me a few weeks to track down the cause. I mean after all it’s labeled “sugar free and safe for diabetics”.

Maltodextrine has a glycemic index of 120 thereabouts. Standard table sugar has a glycemic index of about 65. Thus putting maltodextrose as able to raise your BG twice as high as sugar, weight for weight.

I think I asked a question here about hidden sugars. I got a response listing a lot of things, some obvious like honey, others not so obvious, maltodextrose/maltodextrine.

I ceased taking Metamucil and my BG stabilized the next day.

[PaulL]

I have a list of around 121 different terms for sugar, posted here:

Maltodextrin goof

Here goes. Note that a lot of these are names for sucrose, or products containing sucrose: 121 NAMES FOR SUGAR Agave Nectar Amazake Anhydrous Dextrose Barbados Sugar Bark Sugar Barley Malt Barley Malt Syrup Beet Sugar Blackstrap Molasses Brown Rice Syrup Brown Sugar Buttered Syrup Cane Juice Cane Juice Crystals Cane Sugar Caramel Carbitol Carob Syrup Castor Sugar Coconut Palm Sugar Coconut Sugar Confectioner’s Sugar Corn Sweetener Corn Syrup Corn Syrup Solids Crystal …

[PaulL]

By the way, in some of the lectures I have watched, the researcher has mentioned that BCAA’s can interfere with ketogenesis. They generally advise avoiding them unless you are trying to bulk up.

[brettingsworth]

Could you share those lectures? Would love to see. If heard BCAA’s laced with sucralose or other sweeteners, yes. But a basic BCAA (essentially amino acids) should do nothing to interfere- at least one would think…

[Dipper_Actual]

My hunch is that a lot of the amino acid/protein supplements include maltodextrin in order to deliberately provoke an insulin response, to hopefully shuttle those guys into the skeletal muscle cell with greater efficiency.

Does anyone know for sure it works better?

There was a time when I’d say it’s better for you to just eat a steak or sashimi plate, but if your metabolism isn’t deranged and it works for you, more power to you!

I’ve since discovered the wonder of MCT oil and creatine supplementation since starting keto and am hooked on their real performance benefits.

[Tmdlkwd]

Good info here on BCAA’s
kinda related to OP topic

Thomas talked about this
Some science links listed as well
Like on all his videos