(where to get) sodium citrate and maltodextrin

MrNuked

Sodium citrate:
Taking 0.3g/kg body weight 1-2 hours before intensive exercises will partially nullify the release of lactic acid, and therefore increase muscular endurance.
Sodium bicarbonate has the same effect, but is more likely to cause stomach cramps and upset. (Sodium citrate may also cause this).

I'm making drinks for immediately after training sessions. At the moment they consist of 15g protein powder, 60g glucose, 330 ml water, some orange squash for flavour. They are quite tasty, surprisingly. I would like to add maltodextrin to the ingredients.

Where can you get sodium citrate and maltodextrin? They are not available in the local supermarket. I'm experimenting with a half-dose of sodium bicarbonate, but I'm fairly sure this will upset my stomach.

MrNuked

Well, on second thoughts, fock that idea! No problem with stomach cramps or anything, but it's like drinking a bottle of seawater! It can't be healthy to take in that much sodium anyway.

Magic Monkey

TMOF Maltodextrin

MrNuked

checkout page won't load for me on it

edit:worked now. Thanks. The purchase was marked for review by Farudshield, so i'll probably be waiting a while!

Stark

Isn't maltodextrin just flavourless sugar really?

Strangely enough, I've never gotten a salty taste off baking soda. I can only tolerate the tiniest amount of lo-salt on the other hand (You need to add lo-salt to the mix to replenish potassium).

Magic Monkey

Its pretty flavourless. I think they use it as a base alongside aspartame in artifical sweetners. I've 1/2 a tub left I don't know what to do with.

Stark

http://www.grainprocessing.com/food/malinfo.html

Yep, it's just flavourless sugar alright. Finally all the calories and harmful effects of sugar without the taste

It's like someone inverted the marketing release for low-calorie sweeteners

logic1

Stark wrote:

Finally all the calories and harmful effects of sugar without the taste

What else would you suggest to use post-workout to prevent cortisol release and gluconeogenesis seeing as you find maltodextrin 'harmful'?

.logic.

Stark

Well I was mostly just revelling in marketing irony. Although glutamine is supposed to be very good for the purposes you described. Apparently boosts the immune system as well, so you won't be nagged by colds as much.

MrNuked

Glutamine prevents the immune system from being weakened as much by overtraining (ie: it does not boost your immune system unless you have weakened it though overtraining). That's the only definite effect of it, from what I've read, although it probably has other benefits too, such as increasing growth hormone production.
I think Velvet Antler contains enough glutamine that if you supplement with it, you are getting as much glutamine as you would be with a pure glutamine supplement. I wrote about VA in another thread.

pwd

Velevet antler supplements do not contain as much glutamine as a glutamine supplement. They contain very little glutamine. They might be an ok substitute for glucosamine supplements.