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So I have been reading insulin use a lot and want to gather the most information possible before starting. I am going to follow Mike Arnold's insulin protocol, but I will only ever use 10iu as opposed to his 15iu recommendation. I will also be using Novolin-R, therefore I will fix the shake times accordingly. I am going to be using this protocol to put on as much mass as I can before I decide to prep for whatever show I decide to do.
I do not want to start at 10iu the first day, I want to slowly work my way up from probably 5iu.
So here are some questions:
1) It is known that you should always start with 10 grams of carbs PER IU of insulin and adjust carb intake accordingly if you can. If I start with 5iu, that would mean I would need 50 grams of carbs throughout 3 shakes. Now this may be a stupid question, but do I just split up the 50 grams amongst 3 shakes, so roughly 17 grams per shake? Just seems like a little amount for each shake, but yes I know it's only 5iu of insulin.
2) I've read that if you consume and excess amount of carbs while the insulin is active in your body, all the excess carbs will result in fat gain. I have also read that, and I will quote, "most of your carb intake when using insulin should be consumed pre/intra/post workout." That kind of throws me off because if I am consuming 500 grams of carbs per day, why should most be consumed pre/intra/post? That gives me the impression that, for 10iu of insulin, I should consume MOST (lets say 300 grams) of my carbs pre/intra/post workout. Just clear this up for me please.
3) I am planning on taking 1500mg of metformin per day, when should this be consumed? I have read that it should be taken after meals, but with one big dose or throughout the day?
I think that is all the questions I have for now, as I am pretty understanding with everything else. I know some may seem like stupid questions, but I just want to make sure I FULLY understand everything before I take the plunge. Thank you everyone.
I do not want to start at 10iu the first day, I want to slowly work my way up from probably 5iu.
So here are some questions:
1) It is known that you should always start with 10 grams of carbs PER IU of insulin and adjust carb intake accordingly if you can. If I start with 5iu, that would mean I would need 50 grams of carbs throughout 3 shakes. Now this may be a stupid question, but do I just split up the 50 grams amongst 3 shakes, so roughly 17 grams per shake? Just seems like a little amount for each shake, but yes I know it's only 5iu of insulin.
2) I've read that if you consume and excess amount of carbs while the insulin is active in your body, all the excess carbs will result in fat gain. I have also read that, and I will quote, "most of your carb intake when using insulin should be consumed pre/intra/post workout." That kind of throws me off because if I am consuming 500 grams of carbs per day, why should most be consumed pre/intra/post? That gives me the impression that, for 10iu of insulin, I should consume MOST (lets say 300 grams) of my carbs pre/intra/post workout. Just clear this up for me please.
3) I am planning on taking 1500mg of metformin per day, when should this be consumed? I have read that it should be taken after meals, but with one big dose or throughout the day?
I think that is all the questions I have for now, as I am pretty understanding with everything else. I know some may seem like stupid questions, but I just want to make sure I FULLY understand everything before I take the plunge. Thank you everyone.