It’s a product used by athletes before events or training that gives a smoother, more sustained energy release. (It was originally developed as a medicinal food for children with glycogen storage disease.)
But gastrointestinal distress is a potential problem.
So have any athletic j-pouchers tried it, and how did it go?
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I'm commenting because I'm curious about what people's experience is. I have never heard of super starch.
So it looks like it's just corn starch.
Just to clarify: this product has absolutely no connection or relevance to j-pouches or stomas. I just wondered whether any j-pouch or stoma-having sportspeople here had tried it, and how they found it.
Apparently some users found it caused "gastrointestinal distress", so I was wondering whether it might therefore upset the j-pouch.
So no need to look it up or wonder whether it is something you might want to try (and I am definitely not endorsing it as such).
@Sara Marie, could you please remove the link to the company that you posted? There was a court action lodged against this company alleging inflated claims for its particular version of this product, and I would hate anyone to click through, believe the hype, and spend a lot of money on this because of a thread that I started.
Superstarch is a legitimate product in its own right (not "just cornflour") but it appears that this company may have exaggerated its benefits to athletes for sales purposes.
Maybe I should delete my post. I just wanted to find out if it was going to cause any horrible GI distress for j-pouchers before I bought some (from a reputable source).
If you can think of a way for me to clarify this, please let me know. I'm having terrible cognitive issues at the moment and can barely string two thoughts together.
@Kushami posted:@Sara Marie, could you please remove the link to the company that you posted? There was a court action lodged against this company alleging inflated claims for its particular version of this product, and I would hate anyone to click through, believe the hype, and spend a lot of money on this because of a thread that I started.
Done.
Are you saying that many people make super starch and that particular search result that I found was for a bad company?
