Post workout sugar intake = insulin boost?

Recently heard that taking in a certain sugar post workout is very effective for the assist with insulin and feeding ur muscles. Id just like to know if someone could elaborate on the process in a more detailed manner and also ( if possible) telling me type of sugar it is and what sources I can get it from. Thanks

dextrose is what you are looking for..K compact version: In exercise glycogen stores are depleted and cortisol is secreted which draws on the protein stores in your muscles/liver (gluconeogenesis) to replace lost glycogen (more or less don't flame me) << this is catabolic. you don't want this so you cause an insulin spike to replace your depleted glycogen stores quickly.. Hence the dextrose.. followed by a lower GI carb meal roughly 45-60min after workout and whey&dextrose shake.. And the insulin spike is supposed to shuttle the protein to your muscles faster as well i think. And i weigh about 85-86 and take about 60-70gr post workout.. I have heard that the dextrose should be double your protein intake but to me that is just savage.. i read somewhere it is 0.8gr dextrose/kg which i agree with more..

k think that's right, if not. I tried

Nicely said Chapel

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PT course isn't useless after all

CHAPEL wrote: dextrose is what you are looking for..K compact version: In exercise glycogen stores are depleted and cortisol is secreted which draws on the protein stores in your muscles/liver (gluconeogenesis) to replace lost glycogen (more or less don't flame me) << this is catabolic. you don't want this so you cause an insulin spike to replace your depleted glycogen stores quickly.. Hence the dextrose.. followed by a lower GI carb meal roughly 45-60min after workout and whey&dextrose shake.. And the insulin spike is supposed to shuttle the protein to your muscles faster as well i think. And i weigh about 85-86 and take about 60-70gr post workout.. I have heard that the dextrose should be double your protein intake but to me that is just savage.. i read somewhere it is 0.8gr dextrose/kg which i agree with more..

k think that's right, if not. I tried

Well said bud. +1

The follow up carb meal as mentioned is very important as the Dextrose on its own is a simple sugar / simple carb / empty carb and if you don't add decent carbs shortly after this you may "crash" or go in to hypoglycemia (spelling?) which is low blood sugar

dextrose vs maltodextrin vs waxy maize. Some info or personal opinions on this?

Waxy maise is a low gi carb hence the reason u don't use it post work out.no insulin spike.

Dextrose is cheap and give the below a read.

quote from an article on bb.com

"The first study compared way maize to dextrose, slow starch, and a placebo (4). In contrast to common claims, following ingestion, both blood glucose and resulting insulin levels were similar between WMS and slow starch, and 3 times lower than plain dextrose. Measured work output during cycling exercise was not different following either dextrose or WMS ingestion, which were similar to slow starch.

A more recent study looked at WMS (a.k.a. "amylopectin") compared to maltodextrin, sucrose (a.k.a. table sugar), and slow starch, using a 1-hour glycemic index test (conducted by one of the researchers who invented it back in the 1980's)(1).

Once again, WMS performance contradicted the frequent claims about apparent rapid absorption. This time, blood glucose levels were not only lower than maltodextrin, but lower even than the slower carbohydrate sucrose. In fact, the glycemic response of WMS was low enough for researchers to call it a "low-glycemic-index treatment", like the slow starch."

DJ wrote: Waxy maise is a low gi carb hence the reason u don't use it post work out.no insulin spike.

So a waxy maize product such as Cytomaize will not be ideal post workout?

Not if you looking for a insulin spike no... Fast acting but doesn't spike insulin.

Being type 2 diabetic what could one take post workout to create a similar effect,all
that dextrose will send my blood glucose spiraling!

Age + weight, and bodyfat? Also how is it treated, with pills of insulin?

ok so I understand waxy maize wont spike insulin but what if you are trying to loose a bit of execess fat? I hear waxy maize replenishes glycogen without the insulin spike from the sugars. I hear it helps restore insulin sensitivity?

Hello any one out there some feedback would be much appriciated

Hello I see DJ is the local diet guru here would be nice to get a little feedback from him here if at all possible please.

why does no body want to comment on this post come on guys a little help here would be great

Getting big all the information is here already, as regards to insulin sensitivity i am unsure, i think to get your body sensitive to insulin again you would have to try your best to not have to drastic insulin spikes for a couple months or so... im not sure to lazy to do research on this now bro.

chromium at 200mcg a day as well as 4-6g of cinnamon a day. Just remember that this can lower your BP