Danus
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Hey everybody.
Don't post much but lurk a lot so it's about time I helped you guys out.
I'm a type 1 diabetic so my results and judgment of effectiveness are about as accurate as it can get.
What I mean by that is I would judge a GDA based on body composition changes, blood sugar values and exogenous insulin required to cover a meal.
As far as supplement history goes I've played around with a lot of raw/natural vitamins etc and as far as actual products I've used Burn24, Slinsane v1+v2 and Slinmax. Slinsane v2 being my favourite out of the bunch.
However after recommendations from my coach and picking up knowledge from others on the topic I've narrowed things down to these 3 ingredients.
250mg Grape seed extract (I use NOW foods)
200mg Chromium GTF (same brand)
500mg Berberine (Vitacost brand)
You could probably use this without the GSE but I've found it adds just a little bit more in terms of insulin sensitivity, plus there are other bonus's to GSE, but that's another topic.
Using these 3 I've almost cut my insulin doses in half for my pre bed meals which are always extremely high carb (200-300, don't freak out to put it into perspective I consume roughly 4.2k cals to hold/recomp my weight around 188lbs). I've gone from 25 units of insulin spaced out to cover this meal down to 14.. that's a humongous drop IMO. Not only this but for the first time I've actually seen increased leaness, especially in leg separation and abs without decreasing calories and actually pulling back on training volume.
I've never experienced these results using over the counter GDAs, not saying they don't work because they do indeed reduce my insulin needs. Just nowhere near as effective as these 3 have been.
Overall these products aren't too expensive and per serve workout cheaper (for me at least I'm in Australia so I pay out the ass for shipping) than your over the counter GDA's.
Hope you guys give it a try.
Don't post much but lurk a lot so it's about time I helped you guys out.
I'm a type 1 diabetic so my results and judgment of effectiveness are about as accurate as it can get.
What I mean by that is I would judge a GDA based on body composition changes, blood sugar values and exogenous insulin required to cover a meal.
As far as supplement history goes I've played around with a lot of raw/natural vitamins etc and as far as actual products I've used Burn24, Slinsane v1+v2 and Slinmax. Slinsane v2 being my favourite out of the bunch.
However after recommendations from my coach and picking up knowledge from others on the topic I've narrowed things down to these 3 ingredients.
250mg Grape seed extract (I use NOW foods)
200mg Chromium GTF (same brand)
500mg Berberine (Vitacost brand)
You could probably use this without the GSE but I've found it adds just a little bit more in terms of insulin sensitivity, plus there are other bonus's to GSE, but that's another topic.
Using these 3 I've almost cut my insulin doses in half for my pre bed meals which are always extremely high carb (200-300, don't freak out to put it into perspective I consume roughly 4.2k cals to hold/recomp my weight around 188lbs). I've gone from 25 units of insulin spaced out to cover this meal down to 14.. that's a humongous drop IMO. Not only this but for the first time I've actually seen increased leaness, especially in leg separation and abs without decreasing calories and actually pulling back on training volume.
I've never experienced these results using over the counter GDAs, not saying they don't work because they do indeed reduce my insulin needs. Just nowhere near as effective as these 3 have been.
Overall these products aren't too expensive and per serve workout cheaper (for me at least I'm in Australia so I pay out the ass for shipping) than your over the counter GDA's.
Hope you guys give it a try.