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dr0832
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I posted this on diet board a while ago with little response, so I decided to post it here. Unfortunately I have problems with acne. I have come to the conclusion after trial and error that certain foods somehow cause me to breakout worse. Dextrose is one of these. Peanuts are another thing that cause me to get big cystic acne on my jaw. Please don;t respond telling me its proven food has no effect on acne because this is not true because the studies are flawed and no two people are alike anyway. So what I am wondering is will I be seriously hindering gains by not using dextrose post workout? Could I instead mix a cup of oats, and take some glutamine and hope for the best? I like having bigger muscles then other people, but having acne on my face and back worse then usual is just not worth it. One other thing I thought about is taking cooked white rice and putting in the blender with protein and splenda, but I don't know how this would work.
, Im gonna have to say that it would probably taste like rotten asshole, but let me know. I really dont think that dextrose would make you break out, but if you have come to that conclusion then Im not going to argue with you, like you said, everyone is different. Heres the deal bro, I used dextrose/malto throughout the entire winter while bulking, probably around 6 months, when I started cutting up I was working with a friend that has his pro card and we were working on my diet. He explained to me that many of the competitors that he talks with really dont use the simple sugar approach post workout. He talked me into switching to oats. Last year while cutting I used dextrose/malto and Im almost done cutting right now and have been using the oats for the past 3.5 months. To be completely honest, I cant tell the difference, it definately helped me cut up better. Put it this way, I went with the exact same supps, AS, and the diet was very similar, I kept more strength this year and Im 10lbs heavier. Now the extra lbm I have this year is most likely do to the awesome job I did while bulking, and Im not saying that the oats worked better keeping muscle on while cutting, but I have come to the conclusion that they work just as well. Now I realize that most bros are going after the low glycemic, fast increase in sugar and insulin to drive the nutrients in, however, this, I feel is kind of over-rated, and after this intake of dextrose your insulin levels will be high for hours and consequently make us fat, especially when trying to tighten up. 
