Does insulin build muscle

[Lilphlip]

That guy was diabetic though. That makes a big difference.

[GearHeaded]

I learned that insulin was catabolic as fuck last semester...
Ill see if i can find my notes. I remeber thinking it was bullshit.

Maybe you were confusing (or the teacher was) cortisol and insulin . they are sometimes discussed together being as one hormone goes up the other goes down , and Cortisol is a catabolic hormone , but insulin is an anabolic hormone (or at very least aides in anabolism).

I run 20-30iu of insulin for various reasons, but one of those reasons is around my workout with carbs because this is going to mitigate cortisol (which is a catabolic hormone , that is often released when your doing a heavy workout . but with high amounts of insulin and carbs present then cortisol will not be released)