Insulin abuse

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I just read a article on athletes using insulin to increase performance. It said that insulin is used to increase muscle and endurance. They have a few fall out from low blood sugar and ended up in the hospital!!! What is going on that performance is worth risking death????????  

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I just read a article on athletes using insulin to increase performance. It said that insulin is used to increase muscle and endurance. They have a few fall out from low blood sugar and ended up in the hospital!!! What is going on that performance is worth risking death????????  

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Here's the article I read!!  http://www.silownia.net/steroids/insulin.

 

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strange. the last thing i feel like doing when i have low blood sugar is bodybuilding. i feel more like sprawling across the floor and being as beligerent as possible. those people are just plain dumb.

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I agree with C that's completely insane!!! I went low today while playing Softball and pitched one more ball and felt like just laying down much less wanting to do any extremem body lifting and what not.

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I don't understand this at all, either.  Using drugs to enhance performance is cheating anyway -- how could anyone become the best at their sport while using drugs and not feel horribly guilty afterward? 

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Ginger Viera, our resident Diabetic Female Power Lifting Champ, would be able to expound on this, but she doesn't get on here a lot. I can summarize some of what her and my discussions have been regarding insulin and muscle development....

Basically, you can take insulin post-workout and stacked with carbs, it increases your muscles' absorption of nutrients etc. and can lead to faster muscle growth. Insulin acts as a steroid in that way and some athletes/power lifters will use it for the muscle building edge, but they also risk going hypoglycemic as a result.

/ it's science!

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shoot...why didn't someone tell me about this 5 years ago when I was playing ball!!! haha

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This is intriguing in theory, but somehow the risk of a Hypo does not appeal to me. Thank you for explaining this Pat.

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Thank Ginger, if she decides to make one of her cameos on here. I just paraphrased from her :)