Sport Scientist & Dietitian Review HAMMER HEED (OG of Endurance Fueling)

Hammer was founded by Brian Frank in 1987 so HEED has been around for a long time. This product is for athletes who wants a steadier blood sugar and they want to smooth out all of the ups and downs of all the sugary products.

Ingredients include maltodextrin, xylitol, and then varied electrolytes. There is no fructose so the xylitol serves to add sweetness. There is also L-Carnosine, Glycine, and L-Tyrosine included which attempts to increase alertness, but we're not convinced by these ingredients instead of using caffeine.

Nutrition facts per scoop include sodium 60mg and CHO 27g.

We would like to see HEED updated to include some fructose and to modernize the product. Some of the other ingredients are not necessary and these could be removed to make a better product.

Let us know what you think of Hammer in the comments below.

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