Spawning The Myth

At this point you’re probably wondering why you’ve never seen this research before, and more importantly, why have so many considered WMS the fastest carb available. The answer to the first question is easy: no one knows about it. I even called several of the top companies that sell WMS, and they could not provide me with a single reference to support the WMS claims.

To answer the second question we must quickly delve into a bit of history. If you look at most of the “supporting literature” on WMS, you’ll see studies by Leiper et al. (2000), or Piehl Aulin et al. (2000). These studies did in fact show that the carbohydrate used was far quicker than anything we have available. It got into the bloodstream at an unusually high rate, and restored glycogen exceptionally fast. So far so good, right?

This research was then referenced on a now-defunct product called Vitargo CGL, which had waxy maize starch listed on the back label in big letters. Looking up the aforementioned studies (5,6), it was very clear to see that “maize starch” (similar to the label) was used. Following this tenuous thread, it was concluded by most (myself included) that WMS itself was a super carb.