FT Questions....

[Powerof2]

Right on...

WE're talking about ~300g carbs pre-intra-post-workout, right?...

This is a cinch, man. You body will be able to dispose of that carbohydrate without an issue.

The thing of note is that insulin is increasing glycogen storage in all cells, including fat cells. Normally, de novo lipogenesis isn't an issue unless someone's been pounding carbs for days. (This is probably highly variable and when someone is contest lean, might happen more readily than otherwise.) The magic of insulin is, I suspect, inhibiting protein breakdown and even enhancing protein synthesis [which it can do in the presence of essential amino acids and as long as blood flow is increased (small details the science bears out)].

So, your body will handle the carbs, and insulin would help with the disposal of course, but insulin's magic peri-post-workout is a matter of enhancing protein metabolism, which is why taking in carbs (with protein) to elicit an insulin response makes sense.

-S

Perfect. Thanks


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