... they can naturally perform their best. If a none insulin dependant athlete was to be beaten in competitions their first response id that of the fact that the diabetic athlete has administered access insulin into their blood stream. They may think they are being morally cheated. Insulin works in diabetics in two main ways. In stamina athletes, such as body builders it works in co-ordination with anabolic steroids for instance human growth hormone or testosterone to consolidate muscle tissue. It works in such a way that the steroids actually initiate new muscle and the insulin then prevents it from being broken down. It can also sustain stamina in runners and track performers enabling their muscles to be loaded with glycogen. But to achieve this, athletes have to take glucose and insulin simultaneously for a few hours, therefore infusing them using a technique called hyperinsulinaemic clamp. With hyperinsulinaemic clamps being known to ...

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