Insulin / insulin-mimetics for performance use
Metabolic Health · Insulin anabolic/metabolic manipulation
Tier D-
What this is
WADA coverage: insulins, insulin-mimetics, S519 and S597. Lead evidence reflects off-label performance use, not legitimate diabetes treatment.
Mechanism
Insulin drives glucose and amino-acid storage and is misused in bodybuilding stacks for nutrient partitioning; outside diabetes care the margin for harm is narrow.
Dose & route
Clinical diabetes dosing is individualized; no safe non-diabetic performance dose
Citations
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK305894/
- https://www.wada-ama.org/en/resources/2026-prohibited-list
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