While some endurance athletes raid their pantries for anything that has white flour in it, others opt for more scientific carbohydrate blends to help them add energy to their workouts.

One such carbohydrate blend is Pure Karbolyn, and this pre-workout supplement promises to supply your muscles with energy 80% faster than any other supplement on the market today.

We decided to look into this product to see if it really was as effective as it claimed to be.

Background

Professional Supplements claims that Pure Karbolyn has been designed with the most effective blend of potatoes, rice and corn. This nutritional supply companies say that this blend can enter your bloodstream much faster than any other “processed, waxy maize starch.”

Rather than spend the money on actual food, many people have been adding corn starch to their water to add extra calories and energy during workouts.

History

The method of adding corn starch, while it has definitely proven a cheap way to add calories, is often a less than palatable way to increase the efficacy of your workout.

For this reason, many supplement companies have tried to come up with a better tasting, and faster acting, energy alternative. But Professional Supplements makes sure to say that their product, Pure Karbolyn, is much more advanced than common corn starch.

Ingredients

Other than the three ingredients, potatoes, rice and corn, that are mentioned as a part of Pure Karbolyn’s formula, we have no other clues as to how this carbohydrate is formed.

Professional Supplements does describe the molecule as being “not too big or too small” but rather, just the right size for optimal absorption rates.

Although the size of molecule definitely matters in its ability to be absorbed through the intestinal walls, it also have to do with the chemical makeup and whether the enzymes can break it down.

Our Opinion

Since Pure Karbolyn is also claimed to be able to drop through the stomach and create a vacuum inside the intestine, allowing for faster absorption, we don’t have that much confidence in Pure Karbolyn’s ability to deliver your body what it needs.

In addition, the dosing for Pure Karbolyn is so huge that one bottle only contains about eight workouts worth, making it a very expensive way to get your calories. In our opinion, you’re better off eating real food for energy than by using Pure Karbolyn.