Home drink/gel recipes??

On 11 Jul 2005 09:26:26 GMT, dtmeister
wrote:

Carl Brewer wrote:
staminade power (unfortunatly not glucose anymore :-/) and

No? When did that start? I have a bottle here of Staminade Sport Lemon
and Lime (bought a couple of weeks ago) and it says 17.5g per serve of
carbos, of which 17.5g is glucose.

The new green plastic containers of powder, it used to be glucose, but
now it's dextrose. I think it's been about 3 or 4 months since the
change. I didn't get a reply to my email to them asking them why!

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:00:51 +0800, Marty wrote:


I've been experimenting with maltodextrin for a while. I mix one cup
(250ml) of maltodextrin to a litre of water, add a tiny bit of citric
acid to give it a sports drink taste.
The amount you mix in looks huge compared to normal sports drinks
because your body is able to absorb much more carbo than sugar.

Sugar (common table sugar, sucrose) is a type of carbohydrate.
Glucose, fructose, lactose, dextrose etc are all also
carbohydrates. Before making interesting claims, I suggest you
try accuratly describe what you're talking about.

I've done a little of the work for you, from dictionary.com :

car·bo·hy·drate

Any of a group of organic compounds that includes sugars,
starches, celluloses, and gums and serves as a major energy source in
the diet of animals. These compounds are produced by photosynthetic
plants and contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, usually in the
ratio 1:2:1.


About
2.5 times more). Too much sugar upsets the osmosis in your tummy and so
the more you drink the less you absorb. Don't take any sugary stuff with
the maltodextrin or you won't absorb much at all. If you want salt then
you should consume those endurotabs or whatever they're called.


Please provide the supporting evidence for this claim of
maltodextrin's magic powers. It differs considerably from
my understanding of ingestion and metabolisation of
carbohydrates.

LotteBum wrote:

Abby wrote:
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Was it really that bad??

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Nah, it was that good.

Tam

Absent Husband Wrote:

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I use &/or endorse this product......

ENERGY DRINK RECIP

The following measures are for filling a 650ml bidon:
1/3 Cup Maltodextrine Powder
Two tablespoons glucose powder
Two tablespoons fructose powder
A pinch of table salt (approximately 1/8 teaspoon)
Lemon juice or other optional flavoring

Mix maltodextrine into 650 ml water, then add sugars, salt an
flavoring and shake well.
Alternatively, the ingredients other than lemon juice can be combine
in a small zipped sandwich bag (in the specified quantities) an
carried on a ride until needed to charge a bidon.

A separate zipped bag can also be used to hold a few lemon quarters t
be squeezed into the bidon.

I got this from the AUDAX club newsletter (Autumn 2002 No11) , found a
http://www.audax.org.au/checkpoint/cpaut02web.pdf (page 7)

HOME-BREW POWER GOOP

7 and 1/3 Tablespoons of Honey
3/4 teaspoons of Blackstrap Molasses
1/10 teaspoons (just shy of 1/8 tsp) of table salt


Be sure to mix everything together well, and it should make enough t
fill a 5 serving GU flask.

This recipe works nicely. You may see some bubbles on the surface o
this stuff, but that is just a natural occurrence of the molasses. On
thing really nice is that neither honey nor molasses needs to b
refrigerated, so you can keep it in your pocket all day, and even us
it the following week.
I probably wouldn't go much past a week, but it should still be good
The nutritional content approximates 25g carbs, 45mg sodium, 35m
potassium, with plenty of vitamins and minerals that you wouldn't ge
with the store bought stuff.

I found a Gu flask at a LBS with Triathlon tendencies

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Bikesoiler

Thanks Bikesoiler, and everyone else...

I'll give a few of these a whirl, and report on the results. Reminds me
of a Simpsons episode a long time ago - "fruity, sweet taste - some
monsterism..."

I assume things like glucose and fructose powder can be bought at
supermarkets, specialist deli's, 'body building' shops, or home-brew
stores.

But WTF is 'blackstrap molasses'?? Should be fun hunting that down.....

Absent Husband (frontier food technologist...)

On 11 Jul 2005 20:13:30 -0700, "Absent Husband"
wrote:

Thanks Bikesoiler, and everyone else...

I'll give a few of these a whirl, and report on the results. Reminds me
of a Simpsons episode a long time ago - "fruity, sweet taste - some
monsterism..."

I assume things like glucose and fructose powder can be bought at
supermarkets, specialist deli's, 'body building' shops, or home-brew
stores.

You can get glucose from supermarkets, the rest probably from "health"
food shops.

"Absent Husband" wrote in message
ups.com...
Thanks Bikesoiler, and everyone else...

I'll give a few of these a whirl, and report on the results. Reminds me
of a Simpsons episode a long time ago - "fruity, sweet taste - some
monsterism..."

I assume things like glucose and fructose powder can be bought at
supermarkets, specialist deli's, 'body building' shops, or home-brew
stores.

But WTF is 'blackstrap molasses'?? Should be fun hunting that down.....

Try Mrs Flannerey's. It's also used for livestock feed.


Absent Husband (frontier food technologist...)

Carl Brewer wrote:

The new green plastic containers of powder, it used to be glucose, but
now it's dextrose. I think it's been about 3 or 4 months since the
change. I didn't get a reply to my email to them asking them why!

Glucose/Dextrose same thing different name. I get mine from the home
brewing section of the supermarket.

Bruce.

Absent Husband Wrote:
Thanks Bikesoiler, and everyone else...

I'll give a few of these a whirl, and report on the results. Remind
me
of a Simpsons episode a long time ago - "fruity, sweet taste - some
monsterism..."

I assume things like glucose and fructose powder can be bought at
supermarkets, specialist deli's, 'body building' shops, or home-brew
stores.

But WTF is 'blackstrap molasses'?? Should be fun hunting tha
down.....

Absent Husband (frontier food technologist...)

I found all the ingredients bar the maltodextrine, at the stupidmarket
Gives you an excuse to visit a homebrew shop. Pick up a starter ki
while you're there. Then you'll also have recovery drinks. :

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Bikesoiler

Bikesoiler Wrote:
I found all the ingredients bar the maltodextrine, at the stupidmarket
Gives you an excuse to visit a homebrew shop. Pick up a starter ki
while you're there. Then you'll also have recovery drinks.

Arrgh! At least you *******s can buy sports drinks! I'm back on th
water-only hydration, which I know now, doesn´t work too well. Lucky
ain't racing (much)

Beer is the recovery part later on, cept Netherlands beer is ****e
gotta hunt down the imported Belge stuff..

hipp

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hippy