Hey Max, sorry I'm late on this question. My carbs, offseason, come from rice, milk, corn meal, puffed wheat and some fruit (and some from veggies too). Remember, I don't count carbs, only carb calories (same idea, but a bit simpler, IMHO).
Couple things to consider:
- when we talk about "metabolism" that's your muscles... that's where/how we humans metabolise food.
- metabolised food fills your muscles with glycogen (the stored energy). When you work out, you "burn" this glycogen for fuel.
*** - complex carbs burn slowly, this is true... however, keep in mind that until you burn that existing glycogen, it's not replaced by anything... so, if you're following, what you're burning for energy was already stored. See what I'm getting at? The energy you're burning is what you ate YESTERDAY (or several hours ago, not what you just ate...)
*** - sugar is the only thing that burns instantly. However, it BURNS; it doesn't store as glycogen. That's why I don't use it... some believe that it stores (so the theory goes you're replacing what was burned immediately, or as quick as possible -- and I suppose it does to a degree -- but I also believe that protein powders are SO efficient that they BEHAVE like simple sugars without adding any sugars to them -- so you're really DOSING with sugars by adding) but what simple sugars also do is spike insulin and THAT causes storage (insulin being the "storage" hormone)... guess what happens if there's extra around to store? Fat storage.
I believe that insulin spikes WILL cause growth, but also fat storage and the fat storage at a much, MUCH higher rate than groth potential (in other words: I believe that the damage done by fat storage is by far much higher than the effect of the muscle growth).
I believe this because I know a few people who run actual insulin at VERY high volumes... and it takes a lot to stimulate muscle growth... there's no way that eating some sugar is going to produce that kind of effect. It WILL, however cause fat storage. (Tim, I hope this is OK to mention here).
Just my opinions
T
(Edited for typos)
