The perfect carbohydrate supplement is an instantized, no waiting to mix, fast absorbing source of energy through the stomach and straight to the muscles where they belong.
The idea behind a carbohydrate supplement has always been to create the perfect pre, intra and post workout supplement with the widest reach of athletes being able to use them regardless of type of endurance sport or bodybuilding.
- Karbolic Supplement Facts
Serving Size 1 Scoop (65g)
Servings Per Container32- Calories
- Total Carbohydrates
- Dietary Fiber
- Riboflavin
- Niacin
- Vitamin B6 (As Pyrodoxine HCl)
- Vitamin B12 (As Cyanocobalamin)
- Biotin
- Calcium (As Monocalcium Phosphate Monohydrate and Dicalcium Phosphate)
- Phosphorus (As Dipotassium Phosphate, Disodium Phosphate Dihydrate, Monocalcium Phosphate Monohydrate and Dicalcium Phosphate)
- Magnesium (As Dimagnesium Malate)
- Zinc (As Zinc Bisglycinate Chelate)
- Sodium (As Disodium Phosphate Dihydrate)
- Potassium (As Dipotassium Phosphate)
- KARBOLIC™ Blend
Bio-Engineered KARBOLIC™ a proprietary blend of corn starch, modified food starch, corn dextrin, taurine, betaine, highly branched cyclic dextrin, polydextrose, soy lecithin, PteroPro™ (a D-pinitol, pterostilbene, resveratrol, piceid)
Karbolic
- 190
- 50 g 17%
- 2 g 8%
- 10 mg 588%
- 25 mg 125%
- 5 mg 250%
- 100 mcg 1,667%
- 300 mcg 100%
- 300 mg 30%
- 500 mg 50%
- 31 mg 8%
- 10 mg 67%
- 208 mg 9%
- 435 mg 12%
- 58g **
- Karbolyn Supplement Facts
Serving Size 53g (One Scoop)
Servings Per Container18- Calories
- Calories From Fat
- Total Fat
- Saturated Fat
- Cholesterol
- Sodium
- Total Carbohydrates
- Dietary Fiber
- Sugars
- Protein
- Karbolyn®
(homopolysaccharide derived from potato, rice and corn)
Karbolyn
- 200
- 0
- 0 g 0%
- 0 g 0%
- 0 g 0%
- 0 g 0%
- 50 g 16.6%**
- 0 g 0%
- 0 g †
- 0 g 0%
- 50 g †
ProSupps Karbolic
If you want to make sure that you are gaining muscles you have to make sure you’re feeding the muscles. Carbohydrates are so important in this process and utilizing carbohydrates correctly is the key. The energy needs of hardcore workouts are predominantly carbohydrate based. Before, after and in a lot of cases during workouts. Not to forget that all important second win or rush of energy for the muscles during those long extended cardio workouts and endurance training.
Doesn’t matter if you are a competitive bodybuilder, a hardcore bodybuilder, a CrossFit athlete or a weightlifter, beginner or advanced, ProSupps Karbolic is a very great product to use.
So what is it… and what does it do? Karbolic is labeled as an intra workout carbohydrate source supplement. It is recommended to be taken during or after workouts but it’s been described as more of a pre workout supplement because of its fast reacting properties. About 1 hr before your workout, take a serving so that you can get carbohydrates in and get that energy stored in your muscles.
You can also take Karbolic during training to get you that second wave of energy to spike the insulin and create that anabolic environment.
Definitely to be taken after working out for recovery and nutrient partitioning. The product is great to be combined with other items creating a very anabolic environment.
Karbolic is a very different carbohydrate supplement. It’s not a dextrose and not a pure waxy maize. In fact, it’s actually a proprietary blend of a long, medium and short chain polysaccharides from potatoes, rice, Corn, Corn Dextrin, Taurine, Trimethylglycine, Polyglucose (Rice Starch), Lecithin, (From Soy) Carrageenan and Pterosport™ (A Proprietary Extract Of Mixed Stilbenoids From Vitis Viniferina. Pterosport™ is an extra ingredient they put in to uptake or digest the carbs more efficiently and it is also an antioxidant. In simple terms, it’s a fast, slow and medium digesting or simulating mix of carbohydrates.
1 scoop will give you 200 calories, 50 carbohydrates, B vitamins, magnesium, zinc and biotin, a very generous blend of electrolytes and phosphates to restore electrolytes.
All which add up to create a great intra and post recovery formula with endless options…
It is recommended to take 1 scoop at the middle of your workout which serves you with 50 carbs. Personally I think 100 carbs is too much and too heavy for the stomach which could lead to you getting sick so 1 scoop is perfect for intra workout.
Post workout I recommend taking 2 scoops depending on your body weight. If you are over 200 pounds take 100 carbs. You can add creatine, or amino acids or any other supplement because it comes in a flavourless option but there are other flavours as well.
Price wise its reasonable for the size and the size to price ratio is standard pricing. I would add a little more water than a pre workout because its a carb supplement, but it mixes quick and easy with no clumps and minimal foam.
All American EFX – KARBOLYN
Another great Carbohydrate supplement giving you a 50 gram serving with 50 grams of carbohydrates.
It contains zero sugar, zero fat and zero protein but that doesn’t mean zero gains.
There are no chunky bits when being mixed and that is what makes this product so great.
Like Karbolic, the sources of carbohydrates are derived from potatoes, rice and corn, but what makes it different to Karbolic is the Homopolysaccharides.
It is already a fairly complex carbohydrate so in terms of long lasting energy its great. It’s stimulant free so there are no sudden shock waves of energy levels accompanied by sudden drops.
The chemical potential energy of this product is great and has been so well designed. This special formula is what your body actually wants to use to make energy. One great feature is that studies have shown that KARBOLYN absorbs a lot faster, 18.21% faster than dextrose, which leads to faster glycogen replenishment.
Why is this so important?
Well for the exact reason that entrance athletes or beginners that train in high volume for a long time can utilise a supplement like this. For example MMA fighters have had really great reviews on the product especially for long training days with weight training and a few hours of fighting where glycogen replenishment is very important.
Bodybuilders have had similar reviews. As a body builder during the off season period, using it once a day is not going to get so much out of it in terms of glycogen replenishment but in terms of pumps and the nutrient delivery side of things, you will get a lot out.
For bodybuilding prep season and getting ready for shows where you are doing cardio once or twice a day and your intensity is going up you need that extra energy. Most people ask why use carbs because carbs makes me fat. No they don’t. If you have been eating enough in your off season it won’t.
For example, when you do your cardio of about 40min in the morning you will be depleting your energy sources for the rest of the day, so to restore that for later training you take a carbohydrate supplement so as to get the glycogen replenished. Performing at a higher intensity leads to more calories burnt so KARBOLYN allows you to get those calories back.
Speed of deliverance is a lot faster than majority carbohydrate supplements. It breaks down a lot quicker and mixes better. Best part is there is no bloating and all this makes it a superior carbohydrate supplement.
It can be taken as a pre workout for energy production, an Intra for constantly delivering fast absorbing carbs to the body or post workout to kick off the recovery process. It can be used as a meal replacement and mixed with a protein shake.
There are a variety of flavours but the recommended choice is flavourless to get you more mixing options.
There have been less research reviews done on the product, so there are less definitive results given. One of the only negatives is that it doesn’t mix as well as the KARBOLIC and if it sits in shaker for a little while then it gathers at the bottom.
KARBOLYN is however well priced at $1.22 per serving where as KARBOLIC is a little more pricier.
With regards to the Glycemic index, KARBOLYN is higher than KARBOLIC.
Overall the two products are very similar and have been manufactured in very similar processes with the same ingredients except for one or two added ingredients in KARBOLYN.
With all the reviews I have read and research done I would say both products are worth taking as a carbohydrate supplement so it would come down to the price at the end of the day and that would make KARBOLYN the superior product of the two.
