[hinkley]

I forgot about the Fructose pathway. Yeah that's been known for ages.

It turns out though that maltodextrin didn't exist in manufactured quantities until the mid 1970's, which was after Gatorade was a national brand. That they never changed their formula is disappointing but maybe not surprising (especially after Quaker Oats bought them in '83)

But none of the 'sports drinks' that Coca Cola and friends were pumping out in the 90's had maltodextrin in them to my knowledge. It was just more sucrose and glucose, so its star fell a bit more recently.

Do you know when the isotonic research was done? I don't have any recollection of that being even mentioned in the tests I talked about.

Also maltodextrins are made from wheat in Europe and a problem for celiacs.