It seems to make sense that instead of Glycogenesis, Gluconeogenesis should take place because glucose is from a non-carb source, that being insulin, which is basically protein...
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Insulin is just a hormone, it is not involved in the metabolic processes that it stimulates. Hormones are usually metabolised and removed form the body as waste after they have spent a certain amount of time circulating in the body. So, although insulin IS a protein, it is not broken down and used to form glycogen. Instead, it stimulates glucose uptake by some cells and then the glucose that is waken into the cells are used to form glycogen (glycogenesis).
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