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Vanadyl sulfate comes from the trace element known as vanadium.
The results of a few studies have shown that vanadyl sulfate may
enhance many of the same anabolic processes controlled by insulin.
Along with testosterone, growth hormone, and thyroid hormone,
insulin is a very important and potent anabolic hormone. Insulin
mimicking effects by vanadyl sulfate causes glucose and amino acids
to be forced into muscle faster and in larger quantities than would
normally be assimilated. Vanadyl sulfate also appears to help
increase glycogen storage in muscle and to improve protein
synthesis. This not only makes the muscle rock hard and pumped, but
it also creates the perfect anabolic environment right in the muscle
you trained.
European physicians often use vanadium salts as
a natural remedy for use in connection with diabetes. This is
because of vanadium’s ability to imitate the effects of insulin in
the body, whereby lowering serum glucose levels. This enables some
diabetics (type II diabetics) to use lesser amounts of insulin, or
even stop taking insulin altogether. The form of vanadium used by
the majority of doctors to lower serum glucose levels is in fact
vanadyl sulfate because it is so easily assimilated by the digestive
system.
However, much more research is needed to determine
with any degree of significance whether or not vanadyl sulfate can
enhance athletic performance or be developed as an alternative
treatment for diabetes.
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