YuraCZ
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" insulin rises after a meal so that the sugar can be stored as glycogen"I don't think insulin plays a role in weight gain, I agree with Westside, insulin rises after a meal so that the sugar can be stored as glycogen, if insulin spiking would make you store everything you eat as fat, then eating potatoes, whole milk etc would make someone gain huge amounts of fat while leaving them fatiqued. It doesn't seem to be the case, people lose a lot of weight on high starch, low fat diets, and even on high protein, high carb diets as long as overall calories are in check. Personally I eat a lot of potatoes, meat and dairy products and I am very slim.
This is true. The problem is people don't have much muscle mass these days. if any.. Another problem is how many people deplete their muscle glycogen on a daily basis if they have some muscles? ( if they dont have much muscle mass where is stored all that glucose if its not burned right away like energy gel during excersises for example??? As fat..) So if you have muscle mass and/or if you are active ok.. But scenario in these days look like this = zero activity, zero muscle mass and excess of calories. Insulin is spiking all the time, but glycogen storages are full..
"I don't think insulin plays a role in weight gain"
Insulin is the single most important thing for bodybuilders to build mass alone with growth hormone and steroids. Professionals know how much iu of insulin they need to build muscle and not gain fat. But I was bodybuilder for 10 years and every noob I know who was using insulin WAS FAT AS ****..
Btw there is no single huge 140 kg bodybuilder who is not using insulin. It is the most anabolic hormone for the body!
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