Insulin Booster
Insulin boosters are used to promote the filling of glycogen stores in endurance athletes and to support the building of muscle mass in strength athletes and bodybuilders. At the same time, insulin can also stimulate fat loss.
Insulin boosters regulate blood sugar levels, helping you to effectively build muscle mass and lose fat.
Insulin Booster for the utilization of carbohydrates
Insulin is a peptide hormone that regulates the absorption of glucose into the body’s cells. The proteohormone is vital for all vertebrates, including us humans, and is produced in the pancreas. By stimulating the body’s cells to absorb glucose from the blood, insulin lowers blood sugar levels.
Insulin boosters stimulate metabolism (especially that of carbohydrates). Most of the carbohydrates you consume in your diet are converted to glucose in the small intestine, from where they are carried into the bloodstream. Here, insulin ensures that the glucose is used or stored directly as an energy resource. It is stored as glycogen in the muscles as well as in the liver or converted into triglycerides and then stored as body fat.
Insulin booster for muscle building
Insulin plays an essential role in protein synthesis as well as the absorption of amino acids. And this makes it the most powerful anabolic hormone in the body. As we have already learned, the body secretes insulin to stimulate the body’s cells to absorb glucose from the blood. And when muscles take up glucose, they also take up other nutrients such as amino acids, creatine and other anti-catabolic agents. Of course, for any bodybuilder or strength athlete, it is best if all the excess energy – that we have taken in through food – is not stored as fat, but is used for muscle building and muscular glycogen stores. Therefore, after training, an increased insulin level is beneficial. To achieve this, you should consume about 70 percent of your carbohydrates before, during or after your workout.
And this is also the right time to take your Insulin Booster!
Insulin and fat loss
Insulin is secreted after the consumption of carbohydrates and also proteins and gives the cells the command to absorb glucose. However, when nutrients are absorbed and stored, fat burning cannot take place. Of course, these are two completely different processes. A lack of insulin therefore leads to increased lipolysis (breakdown of body fat), which is why it is better to avoid large amounts of carbohydrates in the evening.