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Originally Posted by
Jughed
My question/point - how do you know? The only way that sugar becomes energy, gets out of the blood into the muscle/organs is insulin. The more sugar you take, the more insulin is required. If not - it sits in your blood stream. How do you know how much insulin you are producing - on the bike?
That's where you're wrong.
Increased muscle glucose uptake during contractions: no need for insulin
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6391198/
Last edited by MinnMan; 08-26-24 at 10:11 AM.