Will You Add Size Training on an Empty Stomach?

By George Touliatos, MD

Q: People believe training on an empty stomach will kick GH and make you bigger. Is this true?

A: Actually it’s the wrong perception. What GH does in the first place is break down adipose tissue; oxidizing fat cells. This occurs under a low-fed state, when insulin is low and glucagon is high – the hormonal environment for somatropin release. So growth hormone burns fat. Muscle growth comes out of the peptide released by the liver, known as insulin like-growth factor. IGF-1 is secreted under two conditions: First, after the exogenous administration of GH. Second, after a meal high in calories and carbs, that will kick the pancreas for insulin release. Insulin and IGF-1 are tied in terms of secretion. This is how food becomes anabolic. Therefore, in order to grow you need a higher amount of somatotropin to be injected, which will spike IGF-1 from the liver. Otherwise, a caloric surplus will trigger the two anabolic hormones: insulin and IGF-1. So training on an empty stomach will ensure catabolism of adipocytes, because lipotropic GH is high, while lipogenic insulin is low. Since insulin is low, then IGF-1 will be low too. Hence, anabolic drive as well.

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George Touliatos, MD is an author, lecturer, champion competitive bodybuilder and expert in medical prevention regarding PED use in sports. Dr. Touliatos specializes in medical biopathology and is the medical associate of Orthobiotiki.gr and Medihall.gr, Age Management and Preventive Clinics in Athens, Greece. Heis the author of four Greek books on bodybuilding, has extensively developed articles for www.anabolic.org and is the medical associate for the book “Anabolics, 11th Edition” (2017). Dr. Touliatos has been a columnist for the Greek editions of MuscleMag and Muscular Development magazines, and has participated in several seminars across Greece and Cyprus, making numerous TV and radio appearances, doing interviews in print and online. His personal website is https://gtoul.com/

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