Simple and Complex Do Not Go Together

Ever since I came up with the genius idea of getting some maltodextrin powder and mixing it with Gatorade to use as fuel for my endurance rides (instead of buying the expensive specialty drinks), I have been told not to mix simple and complex carbohydrates! Apparently there are big problems mixing complex sugars like maltodextrin with simple sugars like sucrose, which is in Gatorade…

Apparently this theory comes mostly from Hammer, as their products all use the more complex carbs… and they don’t want you to buy anything from anyone else! It was a while before I found the source of this info that everyone seemed to be telling me: it’s in an article here.

I was glad to find more info, but was still hoping that my cheap solution would work…