I had to learn way too much about diabetes and how to treat patients with insulin. The types of insulins, the pathophysiology, the signs & symptoms etc.
What I’m really surprised about is that nobody has thought to encourage post-meal CBGs and a sliding scale insulin delivery protocol to prevent Type 2 diabetes for those at risk.
I went on a short research hunt and found nothing of scholarly note. I did find out that bodybuilders have been using it to help their poor pancreas drive carbloading levels of sugars into their cells. I even found a diabetic forum that went ape-shit on some poor sod that asked if anyone had been using insulin like this. Closed minded self-loathers in my mind.
Anyway, I think even the fact that diabetics only test BEFORE and not AFTER a meal is just as dumb as taking the wrong dose. However I see nothing wrong with putting a few units into your tummy after devouring a turkey dinner and two pieces of pie.
Great point…one can go broke with tests (before, during, after, sleeping etc) on and on
An oral medication, Metformin (Glucophage), re-sensitizes the body to better utilization of the body’s
OWN insulin (just like exercise does), and better utilizes Glucose-a positive double whammy. Keeps blood sugar level, no spiking or “bonking” and level energy can be a good thing, yes?
Much of excess insulin is stored as bodyfat, and excess glucose circulating in the body
binds to cell walls, reduces mitochondrial inefficiency, and accelerated the aging process.
Tho’ I think we all on this web are willing to experiment a bit, I thought a well-researched, decades-old oral med easily obtained on the Web may be of use in type II (or suspected type 2 diabetes), as an alternative to starting or increasing the amount of insulin produced outside of the body. Similar feedback loops that roid/TRT users experience with exogenous hormones may, too, happen with injected insulin.
Yeah Metformin is a good choice for managing NIDDM (type2 diabetes) but as with any oral medication created to solve problems there are going to be sides. I’m going to ask my Endo in a couple of weeks if he’s ever hear of supplementing with insulin and whether there would be negative feedback by using exogenous insulin.
It’s true that the test strips are costly but I think people can gain a lot of insight using biofeedback and could then discontinue the post-meal testing once they get a better sense of how their body will react to certain meals.
Haven’t you ever bought one of those small tubs of Haagen Dazs ice cream with the intention of putting it back in the freezer halfway through only to find the bottom of the container instead? That’s the kind of situation I’m thinking it would be handy for non-diabetics to have a few units of insulin.
