# "Car baked" insulin. An experiment for Irish **URL:** \ **Category:** Insulin\ **Created:** [June 8, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/car-baked-insulin-an-experiment-for-irish/1188 "2017-06-08T19:15:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/car-baked-insulin-an-experiment-for-irish/1188/17 "2017-06-13T01:37:11Z")
It is not a violation of the TOS, since we already know that Eric is nuts, but he is a really good nuts! You may also find this one interesting re: our frozen insulin experiment which was inspired by good crazy Eric. > [@The Great Frozen Insulin Experiment....part 2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-great-frozen-insulin-experiment-part-2/1146): > > Well, in the great peanut butter cup experiment it appeared that the frozen insulin still worked, although its action curve was slowed. So it was suggested that we try again without administering food, to see what action the insulin had. We waited for a reasonably flat period, we were at 165 for about 45 minutes, and we administered 4 units of previously frozen and thawed Humalog. As you can see in the resulting Dexcom tracing, the insulin still works. It does appear to us to have a slightly… > [@Does Freezing Humalog Destroy It?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-freezing-humalog-destroy-it/584): > > Well, I promised a few weeks ago to perform this test, so here goes. We froze some Humalog for two weeks in our home freezer. After thawing, the insulin looked clear and normal in appearance. After letting it come to room temperature for a few days, we performed the test we will now affectionately refer to as the “Reeses Peanut Butter Incident”. We injected 3 units of the frozen/thawed Humalog and waited for 40 minutes. His blood glucose as measured by finger stick was as follows: Prior … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/car-baked-insulin-an-experiment-for-irish/1188)._