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Could non diabetics take this? Would it help with weight loss or mitigating a large sugar spike?
by bilsbie 4y ago
Could non diabetics take this? Would it help with weight loss or mitigating a large sugar spike?
- TylerE 4y agoDangerous, and would be of limited benefit. Being non-diabetic means your body makes enough. Taking insulin on top of that could easily drive you into unconsciousness and even death. Low blood sugar is NO JOKE. If you're interested in this line of thinking, metformin is probably both more promising, as well as substantially cheaper and far safer - it basically increases your body's sensitivity to insulin, without actually mucking with production/regulation of same.
- galangalalgol 4y agoDoesn't berberine do something similar? Dhea too?
- TylerE 4y agoDunno, I'm only a patient, not a doctor.
- beached_whale 4y agoInsulin causes weight gain.
- robobro 4y agoSome body builders take insulin to help build muscles!
- beached_whale 4y agoI think, dont know, they used it so the body would absorb glucose right after a workout instead of breaking down muscle. But fat storage is part of that too. I suspect because they are using the energy that isnt a concern. But super dangerous and in most cases outside body building it leads to weight free gain. It is often difficult for type1 diabetics to lose weight and some go down another dangerous path of reducing their insulin without increasing their sensitivity.