In a message dated 98-07-15 20:52:17 EDT, you write:

<< Ben Odom <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 >quoting AIM:
 >>Maltodextrin is a natural, complex carbohydrate.
 >
 >Natural, as used in that context, tells me nothing.  I can buy a drink of
 >the shelf that is "100% natural," and is about 95% corn syrup.

 And HVP/MSG is also 100% natural, as a 100% natural food is used as the
 ingredient in the hydrolysis process.

 Don.
  >>

Also, anything reading "dextrin," I believe, means it's a refined sugar.

 Being a hypoglycemic, that would explain why, when I follow George Malkmus'
advice to take Aim Barley Green dry, and on an empty stomach, the insulin
dumps in sending an erroneous message to my brain that I am ravenously hungry,
and it doesn't go away until I appease it. It's a "Catch 22" situation.

gc.