Insulin
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Help me understand insulin in the context of fitness. I am not a biologist and would like to make sure that I know what I need to know with respect to gains.
My current mental model is as follows:
- A special kind of protein (NOT a growth hormone, or any kind of hormone at all)
- Absolutely necessary for any sort of anabolism
- Does a whole bunch of other important shit that I don't want to think about or care about just as long as it works I guess
When fed or satiated, insulin is secreted into the bloodstream and tells the body "ok food has arrived let's start doing stuff with it" (packing on pounds and/or building/repairing muscle depending on what you ate)
When hungry, you are on low on insulin. The lack of insulin is the signal that means "start burning fat or cannibalizing muscle if the shit starts hitting the fan" (fat burning and catabolism)
So the proper time to get the high GI carbs is immediately before, during, and after a workout? For some reason...
Please explain.
>>>/google/
Honestly sounds like youre way over complicating things
Just workout and eat a lot of protein and good food
>>36917249
Yeah I did that already!!! God!!!!
High GI carbs spike insulin. Insulin is responsible for shuttling nutrients to tissue, which is required for anabolism.
Spiking insulin while your muscles are worked means more glucose is shuttled to the muscle tissue. More glucose = more gains.
If you spike insulin when your muscles arent hungry (excuse laymans terms) the anabolism will be adipose tissue, not muscle.
>>36917225
>Dubble bonds without specifying that there is an oxygen there
>Unbound alkene (?)
>Drawing just protruding bonds and no recessed
>>36917270
So, going by what you're saying, this seems to suggest that the optimal thing to during and immediately post workout is to just put some concentrated sugar syrup into your whey shaker bottle.
I don't think people actually do this, so what am I missing here? I'm not just looking for an excuse to eat sweet shit at the gym but if that is indeed what it takes sure why the fuck not. However I'm sure there's more to it...
>>36917310
I just googled "insulin molecule" and picked whatever looked interesting. That's not my tattoo and I wouldn't ever get one. Also as stated molecular bio is just a big question mark to me so I wouldn't notice these things.
>>36917322
Pro bbers inject insulin post workout.
Thats how important it is. So yes sugar immediately post workout is a good idea, it wont spike insulin as much as a slin pin but it still helps. Gatorade, tang, ice tea powder what ever
>>36917322
To be fair, the tattoo would probably overkill with all the atoms drawn.
>>36917225
Insulin is an anabolic peptide hormone, it is definitely a hormone
Also insulin doesnt regulate hunger levels but blood sugar levels together with his inverse brother glucagon
Leptin regulates hunger level
>>36917560
Neuropeptide Y causes hunger. Leptin blocks it's action in the hypothalamus.
