Insulin: is there any risk/benefit to using more than 10 IU's?

[the nature boy]

assuming you take the recommended 10 grams of sugars per IU.

 

[sk*]

Risk: much easier to get fat, I am living proof of this.
Benefits: much more accelerated weight gain.

I put on 2inches+ on my arms in 2months or so with insulin (no anabolics were used), but also put on a good few inches on my waist. Is it worth it? Prob. not again, unless I find that I am struggling with gaining weight.

Also to note, I did very high amounts of insulin to get those kinds of benefits/fat gain.

-sk

 

[nautica]

Risk??? Death, fat gain, or insulin dependency.

nautica

 

[the nature boy]

Risk: much easier to get fat, I am living proof of this.
Benefits: much more accelerated weight gain.

I put on 2inches+ on my arms in 2months or so with insulin (no anabolics were used), but also put on a good few inches on my waist. Is it worth it? Prob. not again, unless I find that I am struggling with gaining weight.

Also to note, I did very high amounts of insulin to get those kinds of benefits/fat gain.

-sk

Interesting. were you using humalog? did you only use post workout? did you follow the proper diet procedures (10g carbs per IU, zero fat, etc)?

thanks

 

[ironmaster]

10iu per injection is plenty with Humalog. It's too quick for bigger doses to do much except make you hypoglycemic.
Bigger doses with the slow insulins will yield better results if you can keep up a correct diet throughout the day.

 

[kwik95gt]

with humulin R, i ran about 16 units. any more and i got too hypoglycemic. any less didnt feel like much.

 

[ironmaster]

Try "N". All day timed release with no peaks and valleys, as long as you eat correctly every couple hours.

 

[Frackal]

Stick with 10...it's pleny ....especially w/ humalog.

 

[sk*]

Interesting. were you using humalog? did you only use post workout? did you follow the proper diet procedures (10g carbs per IU, zero fat, etc)?

thanks

Yes, i've run both humalog and humalin R, most of my higher dosages were with R though. I used it every possible way you can imagine, as much as 3times a day.

-sk