Strange study. Maltodextrin is basically pure glucose, it hits the bloodstream right away and in a very high concentration. This is why it is used in "gainers"

Strange study. Maltodextrin is basically pure glucose, it hits the bloodstream right away and in a very high concentration. This is why it is used in "gainers" bodybuilders take after hard workouts, to trigger insulin response and replenish muscle glycogen. Sucrose has to go through the liver first, so its release and concentration will necessarily be much lower. Not as low as for fructose, but lower than for maltodextrin. Its half life will be longer as well. The point is, the two sugars aren't even using the same metabolic pathways, and yet they compare them as interchangeable. WTF?