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Old 02-02-2006, 01:11 PM
EricT EricT is offline
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Originally Posted by hrdgain
Thanks eric. I think that if i use it with something that is gonna induce insulin resistance in fat and muscle it should aid in my cutting. I just dont want to be sure its not counter acting the effects of stims ect.
Yeah. That's why I mentioned the blocking effects, too. And that's its main claim to fame as a fat loss supplement - being a fat/carb blocker due to the mucilaginous fiber.

I've seen the same thing about liver glycogen. But I can't find anything evidence except positive stuff in terms of weight control. I agree you are getting into an area where caution is called for when you start seriously toying with blood sugar.

The main theory as to how fenugreek controls blood sugar levels seems to be by increasing tissue insulin sensitivity. So, like you said, it's all very confusing but it kinda makes it seems like the stims could just cancel out the effect if that is the case, or vica versa like you mentioned.

It's very difficult to find an answer since the insulin effects of fenugreek are talked about and marketed in terms of diabeties. Like you said before that is what causes type II diabetes - when the fat cells become IR like they can in overweight persons, so it certainly all does seem to fit together.
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