Slow release energy for athletes

Plant-based snacks have been engineered to be digested slowly and provide sustained dextrose release into the blood stream for up to five hours

The key energy source for the body is glucose (dextrose) which occurs in nature within plants structures in many forms. Some (notably sugars) are rapidly digestible, some more slowly (like starch, unless processed) and some not at all (forms of dietary fibre, especially cellulose) in the human digestive system. Insufficient dietary energy (calories) makes normal body functions compromised/not-possible whilst excess energy leads to obesity and associated health disorders (mobility, high blood pressure, cardiovascular, diabetic, etc. related). Both the amount and form in which energy is consumed are critical for optimal health. Women and men undertaking routine sedentary lifestyle require ~2,000 and ~2,500 Calories respectively per day – more if physical activities are undertaken.

The name DexSteady™ is derived from an alternative name for glucose – dextrose – where it steadies blood glucose concentrations. Hence, dextrose steady or DexSteady™.

DexSteady™ provides sustained release of energy, as glucose, during the digestive process for many hours after consumption from its innovative plant-based matrix. Having been built by carbohydrate engineers with decades of experience, for the sustained energy release of glucose. Avoiding repeated peaks and troughs of blood glucose and associated insulin response with a relatively flat and elongated profile for up to around five hours; unlike free glucose absorbed rapidly in less than two hours. Suitable for people wishing/needing to manage better their blood glucose responses between meals/snacking, for sport/endurance, to manage hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose, clinically

A key driver for the creation of the DexSteady™ range came from requests by healthcare professionals to create products that could help manage (and allay fear associated with) hypoglycaemic episodes day and night. With a major medical focus on individuals with inherited metabolic disorders that restrict their capacity to store glycogen (an energy reserves made from glucose) – notably within skeletal muscles and the liver (glycogen storage disorders, GSD). In parallel, for diabetics who can develop hypoglycaemia after insulin injections especially.

Symptoms of hypoglycaemia include hunger, anxiousness, irritability, dizziness, tiredness, sweating, blurring of vision, confusion,…