Just curious if anyone has heard of this?

Jimcook925 · Post by **Jimcook925** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:41 pm

friend who is a bodybuilder says immediately after your workout slam a protein shake with glutamine and creatine mixed in (standard) but after that drink something with a lot of sugar i.e. gatorade, powerade and it somehow spikes your insulin levels forcing that nutrience into your muscles?

Mystik · Post by **Mystik** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:44 am

There's a section in this article called "Creatine With Juice Vs.Creatine Plus Products". Give it a read, it may help answer your question.

http://www.gain-weight-muscle-fast.com/ ... html#juice

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:27 pm

Carbs increase Insulin activity, which helps utilise Protein.

As for Creatine, it's the same thing, as Creatine is made of about 3 amino acids, so you want the same basic mechanism probably, and something like Gatorade works with Creatine.

Because your Metabolism is revved you son't need to worry too much about simple Sugar, converting to Fat in part, but realistically you want with Protein either Complex Carbs, or a mix of Complex simple, or a combination Sugar like Palatinose or Glucomannan, as Simple on its own does not promote Muscle Glycogen recovery, as it interacts with the Liver.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:15 pm

protein is absorbed better with carbs and vice versa...gatorade and powder mixed together must be terrible though

Jimcook925 · Post by **Jimcook925** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:47 pm

Thanks.

Packard · Post by **Packard** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:27 am

Sugar spikes will cause insulin spikes. If your system works perfectly then you will not have any problems with this.

brother and I both have issues with insulin spikes. Our system routinely produces higher levels of insulin than the sugar requires. This in turn creates a demand for more sugar, triggering a cycle that can last all day.

Instead we both try to eat foods with lower glycemic indexes; that is food that digests slower and is not likely to create these spikes.

Gatorade has a good bit of sugar in it. I (personally) would not use this cocktail. It might be fine for some other people.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:27 pm

you want to take advantage of the insulin spike after training as it will allo0w more absorption of nutrients...at other times of the day definately not though...i'm not really sure but gatorade has diffferent sugars in it too that may not be the best for replenishment after wts training...anyone know more on this?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:57 pm

Doesn't really matter too much. Gatorade could be used for that purpose I think. It's often been touted as a good choice to spike Creatine.

I even read once of some Diabetic kid using it during P.E. lessons.

Jimcook925 · Post by **Jimcook925** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:22 am

The only time I use the gatorade after is after the workout shake. Another thing I just started using today is mixing a half of bannana and peanut butter in the shake...WOW...DELICIOUS!!!!!! anyways thx for the input guys if anyone has more suggestions or comments please continue.