I know of some body builders that take insulin for their anabolic effects and help aid in glycogen production. Famously, Craig Titus (former Mr. Olympia and convicted for murder) listed his steroid use schedule and included use of insulin. Additionally, this article is interesting regarding “severe hypoglycemia due to cryptic insulin use in body builder.”
There’s no record of any Mr. Olympia winner to have died from a self-inflicted insulin injection. moo
If this is wrong, please provide a link. I wasn't able to locate one. TIA
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Dallas McCarver, died August 22, 2017, placed 8th in the 2016 Mr. Olympia. His death was rumored to have been possibly linked to an insulin overdose.
Craig Titus, former Mr. Olympia competitor in the early 2000s has lots of online articles that document his steroid cycles to include the use of insulin for its anabolic effects. (I’ll attach one article to reference this below.). Craig Titus is still alive, however, he is serving a 21 to 55 year sentence in a Nevada prison for the 2005 murder of his assistant Melissa James. At the time of his arrest, alongside his competitor/bodybuiider wife Kelly Ryan, the list of drugs seized at the home included insulin along with a slew of other illegal substances.
There are others but here is one article that lists what a steroid cycles of his might have looked like:
Here is an article referring to a death of a 35 yo WWE competitor that was speculation of insulin abuse:
Ghent Wakefield was an aspiring WWE wrestler
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Additionally, celebrity body builder, Rich Piana’s mysterious death was thought to be due in part to insulin use. (I do not know what the official autopsy findings were.) However, Rich Piana was vocal about his use of insulin. Here’s a link to the article:
The medical examiner's office says it hasn't finalized Piana's cause of death—but the rumors still point to a dangerous trend
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But this excerpt from the article is particularly interesting (see attached photo).
