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In response to
"Oh, speaking of insulin, I have a Wrestler-related question. (spoils)"
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kelly
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This is from an article I found...
Posted by
Krusty (aka Krustylu)
Feb 3 '09, 08:39
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For a few years, insulin has been used to help improve endurance in athletes as well as to build muscles for athletes.
Endurance athletes are helped because insulin helps glucose enter muscle cells. If more glucose enters the cell than is needed then it will stimulate glycogen formation. Glycogen is a kind of �power pack� that can be switched on very quickly.
In an article on insulin, growth hormone and sport, Dr Sonksen from St Thomas� Hospital in London wrote, �Since performance in many events is known to be a function of muscle glycogen stores, bulking up these stores will most probably enhance performance.�
Insulin is used in bodybuilding to increase the bulk of muscles. Regular injections of short-acting insulin are combined with a high carbohydrate diet and this has two helpful effects.
Firstly, the insulin works in the same way as it does in endurance athletes � increasing the volume of glycogen and leading to an increase in muscle bulk.
The second effect is that it prevents the breakdown of muscle protein. This means more muscle is made than destroyed, thereby increasing the size of muscles.
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