The Killing Insulin and Bodybuilding
The misuse of insulin hormone by sportsman is increasing for the improvement in performance. The 
warnings regarding insulin and bodybuilding have been given by health experts that the damages caused by the drug causes irreparable damages.
The perfect killing drug
It is beyond doubt that insulin is the perfect drug to increase endurance and stamina for athletes. The drug is difficult to detect, cheap, readily available and improves performance. But its lethal effects can not be ignored.
Insulin, a natural hormone, is secreted by pancreas and helps in controlling blood glucose in the body. The injection of insulin is given to the diabetes patient to prevent the rise in blood glucose level. The insulin shall not be injected in high amount as it causes fall in the level of blood glucose and can cause shaking, sweating or sometimes more severe effects like coma or death. So, it is very important to know the amount of insulin to be injected in the body.
Insulin and bodybuilding are also related terms. This hormone has been used for many years to improve the performance and endurance of athletes along with their muscle building.
The endurance capability of athletes has increased due to insulin because it helps glucose to enter muscle cells. If more amount of glucose enters the cells, it will stimulate the formation of glycogen, which is commonly called “power pack” and switches on very speedily.
The effects of insulin and bodybuilding were quite commonly observed when the injections of insulin increased the bulk of muscles. Regular injections of short acting insulin, if combined with carbohydrate diet have two helpful effects:-
- The effects of insulin were same as observed in athletes. It increased the muscle bulk and also the volume of glycogen.
- It helped in prevention of breaking down of muscle protein. It means that the muscle made is more than muscle destroyed, thus resulting in increase in muscle size.
But there is risk involved in case of insulin and bodybuilding as it causes bulking of muscles. One common incident was observed with man in Yorkshire, when it lead to fall in blood glucose level and resulted in coma or even death.
There are strict warnings by health experts against long term use of the insulin as it could also lead to diabetes, due to loss of body’s natural capacity to produce hormone.
Most of the athletes, who believe in insulin and bodybuilding, endanger themselves further. It is just because they have no surety of the amount of dose required. So, follows the game of trial and error. It is lethal while taking injection of insulin. It can even lead to dangerous practices, if practiced without professionals’ advice.
Mick Hart said “One [shot] might be good so two might be better and three might be better than that,” He saw the effect of insulin and bodybuilding in the bodies of bodybuilder who were admitted to hospital after the heavy dose of insulin, with the belief that greater the dose, the better effects it will have.
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May 18th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
what if u just took it once in a while insulin i mean so u dont get diabetes… or whats the most often u can take it without side affects?
August 13th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Please beware of the risks!! My nephew, 21 years old from southern CA died yesterday morning after injecting himself with a little too much insulin. He was not a diabetic.
He was using it to bulk up as he was a weight trainer and wanted to look really buff. This was done against the advice of his parents, now we are burying him next week and our families are wrecked all because he felt invincible and it wouldn’t hurt him.
Please don’t do this stuff, the risk is not worth it.