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I know about about "insulin being dangerous" and yadda yadda yadda, but how much glucose/dextrose to we ACTUALLY need when on insulin? I mean, diabetics usually pop two to three glucose tabs when their BG levels are low... and that's only like 10 to 15g of glucose. Bodybuilding books and sites say to use 10g of dextrose for 1iu of insulin. That seems waaaay too high. I've seen some people on other sites say they go way lower than that.
I'm gonna buy a glucometer and start experimenting on myself to find out how much sugar I actually need.
Has anyone else here found they needed a lot less sugar per iu of insulin than most bodybuilding sources claim?
I'm gonna buy a glucometer and start experimenting on myself to find out how much sugar I actually need.
Has anyone else here found they needed a lot less sugar per iu of insulin than most bodybuilding sources claim?