Sport Insulin spikes?

[Oldspice]

Can someone properly explain this to me? I understand you get them from having high carb meals? Or, maybe having a soda, juice, something like that?

How much carbs/sugar does it take for you to have an insulin spike?

How long does the spike last?

Are they a bad thing?

Can they promote weight gain?

Can they help muscle gain?

Also, if your happy with your size/weight and workout 5 days a week, is it ok to go out and have ice cream on occasion, or eat pizza, etc? I don't eat fast food, but every now and then having ice cream with a date or something...I mean, as long as i stay within my maintenance calories, I'm not going to get fat by eating unhealthy food, right?

 

[malkore]

Its hard to answer all your questions at once, as entire volumes of books are written on the subject.

Insulin is released when sugar enters the body. Insulin helps nutrients transfer to cells. If you trigger insulin releases too often you can become insulin resistant...which can actually lead to diabetes.

If you trigger insulin at the wrong times, it does promote fat storage.

a good book on the subject is Nutrient Timing.