whats your simple carb ratio?

**ColdSore** · 07-12-2004, 03:08 PM

what is the ratio of simple carbs that you takin after your slin injection?...10g per IU seems to be the norm, but i would like to "tight-rope" it as close as possible to avoid any spill over.

***JohnnyB*** · 07-12-2004, 04:50 PM

I wouldn't go under 7g and have some simple carbs on hand

JohnnyB

**Daven** · 07-12-2004, 04:50 PM

I usualy only have to take in about 40g after i take my shot, and if i start to feel low blood suger, i take a few more, usualy just take a few glucose tabs...

**ColdSore** · 07-12-2004, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

I wouldn't go under 7g and have some simple carbs on hand

JohnnyB

johnnyb...would i figure in the sugar from a creatine transport if i decided to use it...(like phospahgen hp)...or should i stick with just a creatine monohydrate?

**ColdSore** · 07-12-2004, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Daven

I usualy only have to take in about 40g after i take my shot, and if i start to feel low blood suger, i take a few more, usualy just take a few glucose tabs...

how much slin do you take PWO...and where do you like to buy your glucose tabs?

**DEVLDOG** · 07-12-2004, 06:06 PM

you can get glucose tabs at any pharmacy,they'r over the counter.only a couple of $$

**Daven** · 07-12-2004, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by ColdStone

how much slin do you take PWO...and where do you like to buy your glucose tabs?

10 iu, if you ask a diabetic (this was said somewhere else on this board as well, forget who said it though) when they are feeling low blood sugar they usualy only have a small candy or a few glucose tabs, so i think that people generaly overkill how many carbs they take in afterwords, but if you didnt get enough its not too hard to tell you need more...

I get them at walmart myself, 2 bucks for a little roll of them, 4 for a bottle.

**einstein1905** · 07-12-2004, 06:41 PM

6.5-7/IU for me now......it also has a ton to do with your own insulin sensitivty and your pwo BG level (which depends on pre w/o meals)

**ColdSore** · 07-12-2004, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by ColdStone

johnnyb...would i figure in the sugar from a creatine transport if i decided to use it...(like phospahgen hp)...or should i stick with just a creatine monohydrate?

anyone have an advice on this?

**ColdSore** · 07-12-2004, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by Daven

10 iu, if you ask a diabetic (this was said somewhere else on this board as well, forget who said it though) when they are feeling low blood sugar they usualy only have a small candy or a few glucose tabs, so i think that people generaly overkill how many carbs they take in afterwords, but if you didnt get enough its not too hard to tell you need more...

I get them at walmart myself, 2 bucks for a little roll of them, 4 for a bottle.

makes sense...

**einstein1905** · 07-12-2004, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by ColdStone

anyone have an advice on this?

Yes, the sugar in those types of drinks is dextrose, similar to cell-tech

**ColdSore** · 07-12-2004, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by einstein1905

Yes, the sugar in those types of drinks is dextrose, similar to cell-tech

so i need to figure that into my "x" amount of simple carbs per IU...right?...just want to draw a clear line...

**abstrack** · 07-12-2004, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by ColdStone

anyone have an advice on this?

I am not really sure what supplement you talking about but it seems as if it is something liie a pre-mixed creatine/dextrose concoction. if that is the case then yes i would account for the sugar in the the phaspagen hp. i would just stick with creatine mono and dextrose that whey you can seperate them if needed to.

**abstrack** · 07-12-2004, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by ColdStone

so i need to figure that into my "x" amount of simple carbs per IU...right?...just want to draw a clear line...

yep!

I use 6-7 grams of carbs per iu and it has been working for me.

**abstrack** · 07-12-2004, 06:50 PM

get a bg meter before you go on this adventure. It will help cut out the guessing game

**ColdSore** · 07-12-2004, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by abstrack

I am not really sure what supplement you talking about but it seems as if it is something liie a pre-mixed creatine/dextrose concoction. if that is the case then yes i would account for the sugar in the the phaspagen hp. i would just stick with creatine mono and dextrose that whey you can seperate them if needed to.

thats what i intend to do...but i have a 2 lb jug of un opened creatine with transport (phosphagen hp) lying around from my natty days...but i think im just gonna get some of the solid muscle creatine mono...the price is **** good...that way i dont have to figure so much...just dex grams to figure out

**Gear** · 07-13-2004, 01:23 AM

I am up 2 10IU and I take 70g and feel fine so far. I am thinking of lowering my carb intake by a bit more but i dont wanna push my luck

**REM** · 07-13-2004, 07:04 AM

i dont want to start another tread so,
does this make sense? i'm taking carbsmart pills 1 ed and ed i eat like 2 hands
full of white rice with my only meal a day (can be pork,beef, chicken with
vegetable oil) mornig a salad with lemon, night fruts or juices...
i'm getting results but the carbhydrates situation where do i stand?
i'm not runnig slin...nor cycling

**kingofmasters** · 07-13-2004, 08:17 AM

3-4 200 ml Glasses of Fruit Juice/Sodas (not diet!!) Post Work-Out (within 15 minutes of finishing training!!)
is best and tastiest without destroying your teeth

Fruit Juice is preferred since fruit has all kinds of interesting phytochemicals in it (beneficial to health and aid in fatloss and anti-catabolism)...

But at Fitness First (my fitness --> Kind of like the Macdonalds of Gyms)
Sodas are free and available so 3-4 glasses of Lemon Lime keeps me going (never tried glucosesuplementation with Insulin though, cause my Insulin/IGF/interleukin-15 cycle is still in the future

)

Greets
Kingofmasters