New Stanford Study: Carbs Stimulate New Muscle Growth (Differentiation)
New Stanford Study: Does Glucose (Sugar) Build Muscle? If you asked me 10 years ago how regular old sugar could build muscle I would have said, "Sure, sugar could help build muscle by stimulating insulin release. More insulin, more nutrients stored, more IGF-1 etc." But, this latest study on Glucose out of Stanford shows glucose itself causing differentiation, a key stage in myogenesis, the development of new muscle tissue. When I stumbled across this article I about spit out my coffee. For the last year, behind the scenes, I've been telling guys who are experimenting with slow release oxytocin to up their carb intake while doing a growth blast. I didn't really understand why at the time, but the first big growth spurt I experienced on oxytocin was when I really went nuts with the junk carbs. A friend was giving it a go a short time later and mentioned they hadn't gained a pound yet. I advised them to go hard on the junk food- more than you'd ...