NDru
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This thread has some rare questions which must be understood about insulin and it's action.
1. First of all, there are a lot of info about carb ratio per IU. But most of that data is about short or long -acting insulin. Check out official instructions: it's recommended to consume more than 10g of carbs per IU. Ok.
It is harder to find out how many protein should we consume to cover 1 IU! Well, the answer is 57g of protein.
So, 1 IU = 10-15g of carbs or 57g of protein.
If you're new user - Wait 6 hours after injection before sleep.
2. The real warning is an advice to use ultra-short acting insulin! No info in articles about it's potency, which is x2,5 stronger!
So we need at least 20g of carbs ot about 160g of protein to cover one IU. Keep that in mind...
Wait 3 hours after injection before sleep.
That is rare information I could find on internet space.
I'm new to insulin and tryin' to find out how should I use it cuz i've a good abilities to gain mass, but i'm hard enough to burn fat.
So, the questions are:
1) Why should we inject insulin if our body produces insulin? For example, we inject 5 IU of Humalog and consume 100g of carbohydrates. But if we consume 100g of carbs, our body will be need to produce all required insulin to cover 100g of sugars... So, what's the point?
2) Why couldn't we just cover insulin with proteins? Push 1 IU and eat 160g of protein than relax. Would it work and why?
3) Can we be sure that all ingested protein is gonna be used for muscle synthesis, not for gluconeogenesis?? Insulin is designed to lower blood sugar by pulling it into cell space. What if my body turns all protein to sugars and making me fat?
4) Insulin is not going to make you fat until you consume less carbs that you spend while exercise?
1. First of all, there are a lot of info about carb ratio per IU. But most of that data is about short or long -acting insulin. Check out official instructions: it's recommended to consume more than 10g of carbs per IU. Ok.
It is harder to find out how many protein should we consume to cover 1 IU! Well, the answer is 57g of protein.
So, 1 IU = 10-15g of carbs or 57g of protein.
If you're new user - Wait 6 hours after injection before sleep.
2. The real warning is an advice to use ultra-short acting insulin! No info in articles about it's potency, which is x2,5 stronger!
So we need at least 20g of carbs ot about 160g of protein to cover one IU. Keep that in mind...
Wait 3 hours after injection before sleep.
That is rare information I could find on internet space.
I'm new to insulin and tryin' to find out how should I use it cuz i've a good abilities to gain mass, but i'm hard enough to burn fat.
So, the questions are:
1) Why should we inject insulin if our body produces insulin? For example, we inject 5 IU of Humalog and consume 100g of carbohydrates. But if we consume 100g of carbs, our body will be need to produce all required insulin to cover 100g of sugars... So, what's the point?
2) Why couldn't we just cover insulin with proteins? Push 1 IU and eat 160g of protein than relax. Would it work and why?
3) Can we be sure that all ingested protein is gonna be used for muscle synthesis, not for gluconeogenesis?? Insulin is designed to lower blood sugar by pulling it into cell space. What if my body turns all protein to sugars and making me fat?
4) Insulin is not going to make you fat until you consume less carbs that you spend while exercise?