Insulin
23 archive articles
Archive articles mention this compound as they were written between 2008 and 2016. Listing them here is not a recommendation, and nothing on this site is dosing guidance or medical advice.
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Age-Related Changes in Slow Wave Sleep and Relationship With Growth Hormone Levels
I've tried to emphasize that Slow Wave Sleep (SW) and Growth Hormone (GH) are not merely positively correlated but are intricately bound together such that a…
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Basic Guide: CJC-1295
Partial explanation (Oct 21, 2009) "Cell-to-cell communication is also likely to reflect the density and proximity of adjacent cells as GH responsiveness (but not sensitivity) to…
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Boosting Insulin Naturally
I understand not wanting to use exogenously administered insulin. Does this mean you would lose out on insulin's contribution to GH induced anabolism? No...you can achieve…
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Caprylic Acid (MCTs) – reduce expression of lipogenic genes
Thank you for posting that up BT. MCTs, specifically caprylic acid (octonate) does much more than that. Permit me to introduce you to one of my…
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CREATING A BACKBONE AROUND WHICH TO LOSE FAT
Glucose is an indispensable metabolic fuel for the brain. For the reason that the brain is unable to synthesize glucose or store more than a few…
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Dat Knows MGF (you might as well learn something as well)
To quickly summarize the difference in function, MGF stimulates muscle stem cells (satellite cells) to reenter the cell cycle and proliferate, whereas IGF-1 is necessary for…
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EOD Calorie Restriction = Longevity?
EasyEJL your mind is just wasted when it is mixed in with all the "fluff" posts at AM. You mentioned something that to my mind is…
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Further Note on GH & Insulin
In plain language, GH in certain circumstances increases glucose uptake identical to that of insulin into both muscle and adipose tissue. This involves translocations of glut…
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Ghrelin (assumed GHS) increases GH signalling in muscle
I have always maintained that GH signaling activity in muscle or autocrine/paracrine IGFs in muscle are more important then circulating systemic levels. Well here is support…
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Growth Hormone Administration vs. CJC-1295/GHRP-6 + GHRH
Units of Measurement Growth Hormone (GH) like other biologically active substances is measured in International Units (abbreviated as IU) which are based on the measured biological…
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Growth Hormone Receptor structure, post-biogenesis behavior and degradation
The following was originally created primarily for my benefit and serves as a basic summary of Growth Hormone Receptor structure, post-biogenesis behavior and degradation. It is…
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Here is the Insulin Cheat Sheet I put together in September
The following was a nice little concise summation of the effect insulin has on GH, GHRs and intracellular events, put together about 6 months back. It…
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Hormonal Set-Points
Here is evidence that there are set-points for hormones which can change based on environmental factors. It is very interesting that these environmental events can shift…
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IGF-1 – Primer part 2 (IGF-1 as a regulator of Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy and Atrophy)
Let's start simply. Hypertrophy results from an enlargement. It is an increase in the size of something that exists and in regard to hypertrophy in skeletal…
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IGF-1, GHRP, Testosterone, Trenbolone & Nandrolone Primer [entire thread…] (What you should read if you don’t want to be a beginner)
I think it's important to start off by visualizing an interesting distinction between peptide hormones such as insulin and growth hormone and the peptide hormone IGF-1.…
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INFO ON MGF USE
To quickly summarize the difference in function, MGF stimulates muscle stem cells (satellite cells) to reenter the cell cycle and proliferate, whereas IGF-1 is necessary for…
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Insulin, how it works and why GH isn’t anabolic w/o it
I am tired of seeing the same wrong explanations on why insulin & growth hormone are anabolic so lets take a look. I don't feel like…
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Protein Metabolism – The complementary role of various hormones in inducing Anabolism
Too many people have very little idea how the following factors work together in increasing proteinsynthesis and preventing protein breakdown. If they truly understood these things…
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STUDY: Effect of intermittent fasting and refeeding on insulin action in healthy men
Eight healthy young Caucasian men, body mass index 25.7 +- 0.4 kg/m2 Throughout the intervention, the subjects were instructed to uphold their normal exercise habits, to…
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Testosterone blunts IGF-1 inhibition of GH
Rexanator led me to Testosterone Blunts Feedback Inhibition of Growth Hormone Secretion by Experimentally Elevated Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Concentration, Johannes D. Veldhuis, Stacey M. Anderson, Ali…
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THE EFFECTS GH AND INSULIN
"I hate people that are gurus because they usually don't know what the hell they are talking about. What I've always tried to do is point…
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THE SCIENCE BEHIND: ‘SYNTHEROL – SITE ENHANCING OIL’
Summarised entry: the full text is not hosted here. Synthetek Industries, 2009. Rights held by the manufacturer.
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THE SCIENCE BEHIND: ‘SYNTHETINE – LIPID (FAT) TRANSPORTER’
Summarised entry: the full text is not hosted here. Synthetek Industries, 2009. Rights held by the manufacturer.