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Cornish_Celt · #3 (**permalink**) 04-09-2019, 07:17 AM

Insulin Administration and Uses:

If you’re someone that has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, the precise administration is not really available for the general populace. It varies on a case by case basis, so whatever your medical professional advises, that is the amount of the hormone that you should supplement with. For athletes, a similar protocol exists. It really depends on a case by case basis, and when you do plan to use insulin, it should be something that is fast-acting like Humulin-R, Novolog, and others.

For example, an insulin like Humalog will immediately kick in after only 15 minutes post-injection. It will then take about half an hour to an hour for the peak effects of the insulin to be noticed, and you should notice the activity for about 3-5 hours. Humalog is your fastest option, and the other two aforementioned options are similarly fast-acting, but they are slower, with Humulin-R being the slowest one. Many of these insulins, like Humalog, require a prescription to buy, but if you want to buy something like Humulin-R, you can buy it without a prescription and can get it over the counter. Because it’s the one that most athletes have access to, we are going to base the doses provided henceforth based on these protocols.

For starters, the most basic dose you’ll want to start with for strictly performance purposes is 1iu for 10 pounds of body weight. So if you weight 170 pounds, you’ll want 17ius total. However, given the voltatility of using insulin, it’s a good idea to start, very, very conservative. We recommend starting with sometihg nlike 1iu a day, and after a little while to assess tolerance, increase the dossage by one iu per day to see what happens. If you start to notice the symptoms of hypoglycemia, then you know that your dosage is way to high and you’ll need to cut back on them. But the truth is, given how agonizingly difficult it can be to properly tune up your insulin doses, most men will never use or even need the “full” dose of insulin.

Once you figure out your dosing protocol, then comes the timing of things. You’ll want to time your injection with yourself following your workout, specifically weight bearing exercises. Once you inject it, you’re going to need about 100g of carbs. Once injected, you’ll want to immediately consume your carbs, whether they be in liquid or solid form. You’ll also want to try and get about 40-50 grams of protein down the hatch alongside your carbs. The 100 grams of carbs number should be a baseline, it should be noted that as your dosages of insulin increase, so too should your amount of carbohydrates because a lot of men will need a lot more than just a 100 grams of carbs. But remember, insulin isn’t needed in massive doses to have a substantial effect, too much can simply lead to issues with hypoglycemia, so keep that in mind when using it.

It’s also important to keep a lot of simple carbohydrates within arms reach when you use your insulin. These sugary substances will combat hypoglycemic symptoms, and they should be taken as soon as anything starts to show in terms of bad side effects, but even if you choose to not use them, be sure that you have another meal relatively soon after your first “post insulin injection” meal.