{"id":59849,"date":"2025-05-15T22:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=59849"},"modified":"2025-05-15T22:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:19:01","slug":"dr-berg-on-maltodextrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=59849","title":{"rendered":"Dr Berg on Maltodextrin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-59850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dr_Berg_Maltodextrin.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Berg on Maltodextrin\" width=\"983\" height=\"1729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dr_Berg_Maltodextrin.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dr_Berg_Maltodextrin-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Glycemic Index:<br \/>\nSugar&#8230;65<br \/>\nHigh Fructose Corn Syrup&#8230;87<br \/>\nGlucose&#8230;100<br \/>\nMaltodextrin&#8230;136<\/p>\n<p>A Carbohydrate not classified as sugar, but acts like sugar in a much more deadly way because it spikes insulin.<\/p>\n<p>Maltodextrin is a type of carbohydrate, but it undergoes intense processing. It comes in the form of a white powder from GMO rice, corn, wheat, tapioca or potato starch.<\/p>\n<p>Labeled not only as Maltodextrin, but also Modified Food Starch, Modified Corn Starch &amp; within the &#8220;blanket term&#8221; Natural Flavors.<\/p>\n<p>Food manufacturers add the powder to a wide range of processed foods such as artificial sweeteners, baked goods, yogurt, beer, nutrition bars, weight loss supplements, cereals, meal replacement shakes, low fat &amp; reduced calorie products, condiments, sauces, spice mixes, salad dressings, chips, pie fillings &amp; snack foods.<\/p>\n<p>Conditions Caused By Maltodextrin:<\/p>\n<p>Altered Gut Bacteria<br \/>\nIBD Inflammatory Bowel Disease<br \/>\nDiabetes<br \/>\nInsulin Resistance<br \/>\nHormonal Imbalance<br \/>\nCrohn&#8217;s Disease<br \/>\nUlcerative Colitis<br \/>\nWeight Gain<br \/>\nGluten Contamination<br \/>\nGI Distress<\/p>\n<p>Maltodextrin Intestinal Inflammation??<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC6409436\/\">https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC6409436\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maltodextrin Causes IBD &amp; Crohn&#8217;s Disease??<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC3520894\/\">https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC3520894\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acute\/Long Term Maltodextrin Side Effects??<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/synapse.patsnap.com\/article\/what-are-the-side-effects-of-maltodextrin\">https:\/\/synapse.patsnap.com\/article\/what-are-the-side-effects-of-maltodextrin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glycemic Index: Sugar&#8230;65 High Fructose Corn Syrup&#8230;87 Glucose&#8230;100 Maltodextrin&#8230;136 A Carbohydrate not classified as sugar, but acts like sugar in a much more deadly way because it spikes insulin. Maltodextrin is a type of carbohydrate, but it undergoes intense processing. It comes in the form of a white powder from GMO rice, corn, wheat, tapioca &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=59849\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dr Berg on Maltodextrin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59851,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59849\/revisions\/59851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}