Review on 🏋️ Optimum Nutrition Serious Mass Weight Gainer Protein Powder - Immune Support with Vitamin C, Zinc, and Vitamin D, Chocolate Flavor, 12 Pound (Packaging May Vary) by Kathy Sabo

The first ingredient in ON's Serious Mass Gainer is maltodextrin, a high glycemic sugar polymer (fast digesting, not slow). The FDA doesn't require companies to label maltodextrin as a sugar because it's a polymer, but once ingested, it behaves like table sugar and quickly raises blood sugar levels compared to low-glycemic index foods. Because technically it's not a monosaccharide. (it's a polysaccharide, but a sugar polymer nonetheless) Supplement companies may choose to list it as a carbohydrate instead of a sugar. This is misleading and customers are unaware that they are consuming cheap, low quality filler which is actually sugar in disguise. But at least it tastes great, right? health. Let me tell you how dangerous this is. The ingredients on the nutrition label are organized by volume, so the first ingredient is always the most common. Maltodextrin is the first ingredient in this product, so most of that 336 grams per serving is maltodextrin. The label states that the product contains 20 grams of sugar which, as I mentioned, is not a maltodextrin. That means the remaining 233 grams makes up most of the maltodextrin (lecithin and sucralose are the only other carbs on the ingredient list). So it's safe to say that of those 336 grams per serving, a maximum of 233 grams is pure maltodextrin. That's a maximum of 69% maltodextrin per serving. So what are the implications of consuming more than 200 grams (almost 90% of the recommended daily allowance) of sugar in addition to your daily diet? When I took this product for the first 3 days I felt completely upset. I passed out most of the day and wasn't making any progress toward my fitness goals except for a workout. I woke up with sweet tasting saliva in my mouth and sometimes felt like I was foaming at the mouth. On day 2 I had an ulcer combined with sweet saliva which was the most painful and fastest start of my life. 2 days after giving up this product, the sweet saliva and ulcer immediately disappear. If you regularly exceed your recommended daily intake of sugar, your blood sugar levels rise, prompting your body to produce insulin to process that sugar and store or break it down as fat. used by muscles. If you overload insulin production or have a predisposition to diabetes, you put yourself at risk of developing true diabetes as your muscles and body develop resistance to insulin. This causes your body to stop its normal response to sugar and instead lets the sugar circulate in your blood where it can cause sugar spikes/failures, atherosclerosis, hyperglycemia, damaged kidney and artery function, and more. Trust me, you will not want to take this product without consulting a doctor or, even better, a nutritionist. Please think twice before taking this product. I was able to find an alternative - IForce Nutrition Mass Gainz, which is made from quality whole foods. I had a terrible 3 days with this product, imagine what 5 sachets of this stuff can do to your body if you don't care. I have a bachelor's degree in dietetics.