Glucose is the most important sugar (hexose/aldose monosaccharide) found in nature as it is diffused widely in the animal and vegetable kingdom because it is the main product of photosynthesis and because cells convert other monosaccharides into glucose. Glucose is a disaccaride like saccharose (normal kitchen sugar), maltose, and lactose.The fundamental components (single monomers) of polysaccharides are cellulose, starch (such as amylose and amylopectin), maltodextrin (products of starch hydrolysis, is of high nutritional value, and is highly digestible), and glycogen once again (in the form of sugar deposits in humans and in other living organisms). Glycogen deposits are above all present in the liver and skeletal muscles. In terms of energy production, glucose is the main source of energy production, which occurs through the well-known processes of anaerobic (without using oxygen) and aerobic (using oxygen) glycolysis. Blood glucose levels (glycemia) between 65 and 100 mg per 100 ml are considered normal. Above and below this level results in hypo and hyperglycemia that characterise various physiological and pathological conditions. The glucose required by the body is derived from the diet but can also be produced by a physicist in a series of biochemical reactions called gluconeogenesis. Glucose assumed in the diet quickly enters the blood (in minutes). Its entering of the liver, brain, and red blood cells depends on the glycemic level, and while it is independent of insulin, insulin regulates its entrance into the muscles.

Using a glucose supplements during sport replenishes the body with new energy. If assumption of glucose exceeds energy needs, hyperglycaemia results with consequent insulin action that tends to return glycaemia levels back to normal. However, in facilitating the absorption of glucose in the various organs, insulin action can induce “reactive hypoglycemia” lowering the athlete’s performance if the athlete is still in the midst of physical exercise, a possible negative effect that must be taken into consideration by athletes who use glucose for endurance events.

Assumption of high doses of glucose (50-60 gr or more) and the consequent insulin response is widespread among body builders and other sportsmen and women who exercise anaerobically. The response of skeletal muscles to insulin not only lies in the greater absorption of glucose into the blood but also of the absorption of other nutrients such as creatine and amino acid. This increased absorption of nutrients is generally anabolically important for energy and plastic in skeletal muscles.

For the reasons mentioned above, assumption of D-glucose is useful in both strenuous and/or prolonged physical exercise in which restoring the body using the right energy is important, paying great attention to not exceeding the dosages so as not to run the risk of reactive hypoglycaemia (endurance athletes rightly use maltodextrin which constantly supplies glucose very gradually without running the risk of reactive hypoglycaemia). Furthermore, in power sports the athletes’ use of glucose is more than of purely energetic importance and exploits the anabolising properties of insulin, the hormone that regulates its haematic levels.

 

given its high energy contribution, D-glucose is suitable for all athletes who need to replace their muscular glycogen after intense aerobic and anaerobic training.

dosages:10-20 gr every 20-30 minutes during prolonged aerobic exercise; 60 gr or more in power exercise, generally after training.

 

packaging: 1200 gr tin with 10 gr measuring doser