Authentic beginnings: SuperStarch, Generation UCAN s revolutionary carbohydrate, was originally designed for Jonah, son of one of our cofounders, and other children with GSD - a rare disease that prohibits the body from producing its own blood sugar resulting in frequent episodes of life-threatening hypoglycemia. As we ran further tests, and showed the results to U.S. Olympic dietitians and carbohydrate scientists, we realized that our one-of-a-kind energy yielded very significant benefits for all of us when exercising. From there, Generation UCAN was formed. What makes SuperStarch so revolutionary is its unique benefits that many top professional athletes and average individuals exercising for good health and to keep their weight in check are finding to be a vast improvement over popular energy sources. Many experts are calling SuperStarch a nutrition changing carbohydrate innovation because if its unique characteristics.
Text NOTES :: Every carbohydrate was looked at. Only a specific type of non-gmo cornstarch (ground up corn) combined with a very specific 40-hour proprietary patented process that took over 8 years to fully develop was what maintained blood sugar longest in kids like Jonah. This heat moisture process is applied to every batch of SuperStarch, Although there are a lot of products and noise in the marketplace, there is no carbohydrate in the world like SuperStarch.
NOTES: We decided to see what effects SuperStarch would have on people without GSD, particularly athletes. We tested on ourselves for over a year, then ran a double-blinded clinical trial at the University of Oklahoma. All tests were done versus maltodextrin, the more complex, longer lasting carb used in more current sports nutrition products today (older generation products like Gatorade and Powerade have only simple sugars). These products have negative effects when used repeatedly and won t allow you to optimize a workout.. So what does SuperStarch do? It s a unique, complex carbohydrate that breaks down slowly over time, so you feel the same energy at the beginning of the workout as you feel in the end. SuperStarch provides steady and natural energy levels for your brain and muscles to fuel your workout without the typical highs and lows in energy. Now your clients can start strong and finish strong.
Text NOTES :: What we found was remarkable! SuperStarch (the Red Curve) lacks the spike and crash of other carbs. Maltodextrin on average spiked glucose by over 60% in the first half hour, followed by a crash to 24% below fasting blood glucose levels, while SuperStarch had a very small spike and maintained fasting glucose levels for hours - just 3% below fasting level after 2 hrs. No more fatigue or dizziness associated with low blood sugar levels! Steady blood sugar offers your clients many benefits: - Steady energy for the brain and muscles - No gastrointestinal (GI) distress - so it s gentle on the stomach - A unique dual-fuel energy profile that burns both carbs and fat - Prevents hunger or low energy that can disrupt workouts - Allows clients to have better output during workouts from beginning to end - Helps control hunger after workouts Welcome to a whole new world- no re-dosings, no volatile highs and lows, and no sugar. Just perfect and steady energy balance.
NOTES :: SuperStarch virtually flat-lined insulin before, during and post exercise (with a second ingestion right after finishing exercise) while maltodextrin caused a big spike in insulin each time it was used. Even though SuperStarch consistently releases energy (glucose) into the body, as evidenced by the fact that glucose levels were maintained for 2 hrs, there is almost no insulin reaction. SuperStarch virtually flat-lines insulin during and following exercise. SuperStarch is the only carbohydrate in existence today that is completely used by the body for energy, is completely absorbed (none of it remains as fiber), and that almost flat-lines insulin. Why does this matter? Insulin is a storage hormone that tells the body to shut down fat burning. We ll see the significant fat breakdown advantage that SuperStarch provides in the next slide.
NOTES :: Another revolutionary and patent-pending finding was increased fat breakdown during and after exercise. SuperStarch allows the body to not only burn more fat during workouts, but also allows the body to continue to burn even more fat in the post-workout period, creating an after-burn effect so your clients get faster results. The graphs show that when using SuperStarch, one mobilizes significantly more fat both during exercise and post exercise. You become more efficient, burning more fat calories for fuel. This has two important implications: 1) You exercise on less than ½ the calories you would normally need for the same amount of exercise. You only need 30-100 calories of Generation UCAN per hour. 2) Generation UCAN helps improve body composition - creating more lean muscle and less body fat. The Bottom Line: When you consume Generation UCAN, your body freely burns fat. When you use other carbs in foods or in sports nutrition products, you spike your blood sugar, spike your insulin and you shut down the majority of fat burning and store fat. Finally a carb that doesn t block your body s ability to burn fat!
NOTES :: So SuperStarch does not spike and crash blood sugar, maintains glucose for an extended amount of time, has almost no insulin response, and causes one to burn more fat for fuel during and after workouts. SuperStarch leaves the stomach very quickly and breaks down completely (no leftover fiber) - in the intestines, so you won t have to worry about stomach issues.
NOTES :: What started out as a life-saving carbohydrate for Jonah soon became the go-to fuel for many top endurance athletes. Since then, we ve been pulled into major professional, collegiate, and Olympic sports and have several top teams fueling with UCAN.
NOTES :: The body has a tremendous amount of stored fat that can be used as fuel. Even the leanest people have thousands of calories of stored fat, while they have much smaller amounts of stored carbohydrates (glycogen). Looking at this slide in the context of providing energy to the body, the more we can use fat for fuel, the less the body will rely on glycogen for fuel. This is important for not only maximizing fat burn, but also sparing glycogen, especially liver glycogen (the only stored carbohydrate that provides the brain glucose). The more fat the body can burn for fuel means there is more glucose available for the organs that specifically need it, like the brain.
NOTES :: What happens when you fuel with high-carb foods like bagels, granola bars, energy bars, cereals, and sports drinks? You flood the bloodstream with lots of sugar. The body says "I have all this sugar in my blood, stop burning fat, burn the sugar first." So you end up burning through glucose quickly and at the same time you are blocking your body's ability to burn fat. If you don't re-ingest carbohydrates again, you'll get low blood sugar and then you'll have an increase in stress hormones to raise your blood sugar back up. Many times the reason your clients may feel low energy 40 minutes into a workout is that they're feeling low blood sugar and they are having a fuel crisis in the brain. If exercise is a stress in itself, why increase stress further by eating high carbohydrate foods that will cause swings in blood sugar? Unfortunately, a big problem today is clients will leave work and grab a quick snack prior to a workout that's usually high in carbohydrates and sugar.
NOTES :: The long-term effects of fueling with fast-acting and refined carbohydrates are higher risks for disease, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, leading to poor metabolic control.
NOTES :: Drinking a UCAN shake gives you little bits of glucose over time rather than having all the carbohydrates release into your bloodstream at once and cause a spike in blood glucose and insulin levels. By UCAN providing a direct and steady fuel source, your clients will have stable incoming energy throughout the entire workout.
NOTES :: UCAN works like a hybrid car, allowing your body to use two fuels. To take the analogy a step further, while UCAN provides glucose at a steady rate to feed your brain and muscles (like gas in a hybrid car), you''ll also be tapping into your own body fat (electricity) and burning it for fuel.
NOTES :: UCAN's SuperStarch is very easy on the stomach, so it is perfect 30 minutes prior to a workout as a mini-meal or snack, especially in the morning when clients may not feel like eating and then feel low energy during their workout.
NOTES :: Using UCAN post-workout (1 scoop plain UCAN + 1 scoop all-natural whey protein) is perfect to keep blood sugar stable, slowly replenish glycogen stores, and initiate protein synthesis, while also allowing for high levels of fat-burning (especially during the postworkout period when the greatest levels of fat burning normally occur). By keeping blood sugar steady and avoiding highs and lows, your clients will be able to control their hunger for the hours after exercise, helping them reduce cravings and make better food choices. In summary, consuming UCAN post-workout allows you to start the recovery process while you continue to burn fat.
NOTES :: For post-exercise, what your clients really need to initiate protein synthesis is adequate protein. There is no further benefit from consuming additional fast-acting carbohydrates and further increasing insulin after workouts. This is especially important for your weight loss clients, because the extra fast-acting carbohydrates will spike their insulin and turn off the majority of their fat-burning postworkout. By consuming UCAN after workouts, energy levels will be sustained and stable, so the amino acids (from protein) can actually be used for protein synthesis (building muscle) rather than be burned off as energy.
NOTES :: A UCAN shake can be used outside of the workout period. Here are a few other ways to use UCAN: Between Breakfast and Lunch: Rather than having your client reach for a quick snack in the office, they can have a UCAN shake mid-morning to keep energy and blood sugar levels stable and curb their hunger. This is very useful when they may not get to eat lunch at their scheduled time. For example, if lunch is usually at 12, yet it gets pushed to 2pm due to meetings or a hectic workday, they can have a UCAN shake at 10:30ish and they'll have steady blood sugar, better focus, and curbed hunger so they can concentrate on their work rather than get distracted by low blood sugar and hunger pangs. Mid-Afternoon Around 3-4pm: When your clients feel low energy or low blood sugar around 3-4pm and feel the need to eat something sugary, they're really experiencing a fuel crisis in the brain. Rather than reaching for something quick, they can be proactive and have a UCAN shake around 3pm to keep their blood sugar and energy stable through the afternoon. By not experiencing the highs and lows in blood sugar from choosing a sugary drink or refined/sugar-based carbohydrate, they will also enter their dinner with stable blood sugar so they wont crave or overeat carbohydrates. The 5pm UCAN Strategy: An NFL Linemen who had to retire from concussions was carrying too much weight and was on a mission to lose the excess pounds. He would have UCAN prior to his workouts, but he would also have a UCAN shake at 5pm (1-hour before dinner) to avoid cravings and overeating of carbohydrates, allowing him to have a dinner focused on healthy proteins, fats, and vegetables. In 8 months he lost 60 pounds. A Note on Making Small Changes: Many RD's will replace a client's highest carbohydrate snack or meal with a UCAN Shake. For example, if a client eats a bagel for breakfast that will spike blood glucose and raise insulin levels, shutting down fat burning for multiple hours, they will replace the bagel with a UCAN shake for breakfast that will provide stable blood sugar and keep insulin low, allowing the client to freely burn fat throughout the morning rather than being in a state of storing fat. In the UCAN shake, they will usually add some protein to get the nutritional benefits of protein at breakfast.
NOTES :: 1 scoop is perfect 30 minutes prior to a 1-hour workout. For those doing longer duration endurance exercise or for exercise over 2 hours, we recommend 1-2 scoops every 90 minutes as a starting point.
UCAN BITES (ALL NATURAL) :: ---> 4 scoops Plain UCAN ---> 60g Vanilla protein powder ---> 1/4 cup peanut butter (100% peanuts) ---> 1/4 cup coconut oil ---> 1/4 cup hemp seeds ---> 1/4 cup crushed walnuts ---> 1/2 tsp vanilla extract ---> 1/2-3/4 tsp Stevia (best is NuStevia) E-mail us your favorite UCAN Recipes to ucanrd@ucanco.com!