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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TorqPenderloin" data-source="post: 966821" data-attributes="member: 211504">Awesome idea for a thread. Unfortunately, there's a lot of bad advice people are sharing. Fortunately, there was a lot of good advice I read too.First thing is first: it is incredibly difficult to gain lean mass (muscle) on a carb-less diet. I personally believe in "managing" my carbs, but it's still a slower bulking process. Can you gain lean mass on a carbless diet? Yes, but if you're asking that question, probably not.In this case, there are actually some advantages to being a type 1 as we can control how much and when we administer our insulin. Non-diabetics have to intentionally spike their insulin after workouts which is why you often hear people eating simple carbs with whey protein after a workout. Insulin is basically just a transporter to deliver nutrients to your muscles. That's not a good thing when you eat too many carbs and want to lose weight, but it's VERY GOOD when you're trying to gain muscle.That leads me to my next point: protein. Protein is one of the essential building blocks of muscle growth. I'm not sure why it wasn't recommended, but whey protein is incredibly popular, proven to be safe in use by (most diabetics), and consider by most to be essential for muscle growth.Think of your basal and bolus insulin. Protein is very similar. Whey protein is rapidly digested. That makes it great for pre/post workouts where it's very important to deliver nutrients to your muscles. A casein protein is digested much slower which makes it great to consume just before bed (again, you want to constantly be feeding your muscles).Since I believe 90% of gaining/losing weight is done in the kitchen, I'll start there. I'll cover weight training next.My experience on this subject is pretty comprehensive in my opinion:At 17 years old I was a competitive power lifter. (675 squat;315 bench; 575 deadlift; 211lbs body weight)Im a former college baseball playerI lost 60 pounds in less than 6 months after a serious back injuryI am a type 1 diabeticI'm currently training for a half marathon Im also currently a bulking phase myself and have put on around 15-20 lbs of muscle in the last 6 weeks.</blockquote>

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