Does dextrose do anything besides spike your insulin in post-workout shakes?
- 03-23-2003, 04:23 PM
- 03-23-2003, 04:29 PM
yes, the insulin spike is used to drive protein into the muscle. YJ has a post on how it works on here somewhere, just do a search...
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- 03-23-2003, 07:40 PM
I know that's what the insulin spike is for, but since I "spike" my own insulin anyway, is there a point to taking dextrose?
- 03-23-2003, 07:55 PM
- 03-23-2003, 08:56 PM
Is that something normal slower acting GIs could not do? (I'm not being sarcastic, I really don't know :P)
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- 03-23-2003, 09:06 PM
Dextrose can also be used to load on creatine since it creates an insulin spike thus transporting creatine faster to the muscle cells.
- 03-23-2003, 09:07 PM
Originally posted by JohnGafnea
Is that something normal slower acting GIs could not do? (I'm not being sarcastic, I really don't know :P) - 03-23-2003, 09:15 PM
I don't think dextrose is of much use to you unless you drop low. However, after a hard workout your non-insulin dependant GLUTs (GLUT2? I forget...I'll look it up if you want) will suck up a good amount of the available blood sugar so you may want a quick acting sugar to keep you from dropping too low...but you know that already. You can spike whenever you want so I don't see a special reason to take extra dextrose, although an acute dextrose dose followed with a quick acting insulin theoretically could shuttle more into your muscle. I say theoretically because, as you know things don't always work the way one would think they would in your state.
- 03-25-2003, 09:21 AM
- 03-26-2003, 12:05 AM
Originally posted by MushMouth
No, slower gi can do the same thing, it just occurs at a different rate. - 03-26-2003, 01:21 AM
Originally posted by Hal
GLUTs (GLUT2? I forget...I'll look it up if you want)
You basically get a double-whammy in terms of recovery, after you workout, from GLUT-4, and the insulin spike, to restore glycogen and stimulate protein synthesis. - 03-26-2003, 01:22 AM
Originally posted by JohnGafnea
Is this to say it's slower but equal? Like in 3 hours it will be the same either way?
It would be better than nothing, though, and given your condition, may be the best option. - 03-26-2003, 01:53 AM
- 03-26-2003, 06:56 PM
Diabetic here as well, I dropped the dextrose, it didn't do anything for me except made it harder to lose fat. I switched mainly to Low GI carbs and it has helped me cut up recently. Also it was hard to control BG levels afterward, I did dextrose for one month and my Hba1c was at 7 and I usually can keep it at about 5. Since I value my health more than bodybuilding I dropped most High GI carbs. Just something to think about.
Cheers - 03-24-2015, 11:55 AM
- 03-24-2015, 12:05 PM
- 03-24-2015, 12:07 PM
I knew someone would say that. Sorry, I just saw it at the bottom of the screen and didn't look at the date.
- 04-30-2015, 01:26 AM
Interesting discussion and makes you think about how it works in someone with glucose metabolism problems. I wonder if the opposite is true, if you have hypoglycemia, I would assume, you would have to take more before and after the workout for the insulin spike.
yourbesthealth4life - 04-30-2015, 06:03 AM
haha yeah its sort of weird reading an article from a decade ago.. i mean not everyone had a computer in those days..
- 04-30-2015, 06:07 AM
but while the topic is here i wil add that some sugars have different breakdown rates as well as gatric emptying rates
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