Hgh and blood glucose

[Djhansen20]

Hey all,

I've read that hgh raises BG, but how long after injection should you test BG?
I took a reading today 5 hours after last meal (zero carb) and it was 88, took 4,5iu GH and took another reading 45 min later and it was 77... I read that GH raises Blood Glucose, but once converted to IGF, the IGF will lower BG? As far as I know, GH is converted within 20 min right? Which would explain my reading..

Can anyone confirm this please?
I've been low carbing for 3 days..

 

[Djhansen20]

Bump..

 

[hulkamainia 119]

Bump

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[goin on 4T]

I don't remember all the shit I used to read, but here is a good explanation: (From: Red Barron)
Here is the thing with HGH. The HGH itself causes all of your cells to be resistant to the effects of insulin for a window after the injection. That being the case, your body isn't in a very good spot to reduce your blood glucose levels if you eat a bunch of carbs or if your liver dumps a bunch of glucose around that window of time.

The flip-side of this though is that HGH will act on the liver, and the liver in turn will secrete some IGF-1. That presence of IGF-1 will have the effect of lowering your blood-sugar through its own action and the fact that it has somewhat of an affinity for insulin receptors, and it will increase sensitivity to insulin.

In everyone the balance of these two actions acts differently. In many folks (self included) you will have to really watch your carb intake around injection time to avoid some soaring blood glucose numbers and a nice case of insulin resistance over time. In other folks, your blood glucose levels never soar ... in fact you fight hypo due to the action of HGH on the liver and the big secretion of IGF-1 from same. Still others seem to fall somewhere in the middle.

 

[Djhansen20]

Thanks! Exactly what I needed ;-)