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<blockquote data-quote="sugarmog" data-source="post: 218331" data-attributes="member: 37432"><p>After many years of being considered glucose intolerant/pre diabetic, it would appear that, based on my most recent HbA1c test, I have now moved marginally into a full Type 2 diagnosis. However, it is not as clear cut as it seems as the test covered a period of about 4 weeks where due to unrelated medical conditions I was under severe stress which was elevating my blood sugar to unusually high levels and therefore skewing the test result. I have been self testing for about 6 weeks, and as the othe symptoms have been brought under control there has been a noticeable drop in my sugar levels.</p><p></p><p>However, I have decided that whatever the eventual outcome it is probably best both in the short and long term to consider myself diabetic and act accordingly. So I will probably be asking for quite a bit of advice in the near future.</p><p></p><p>My first question is about exercise. My job usually keeps me fairly active (although not at the moment) but deliberate exercise such as an hours walk noticably reduces my glucose level. However, is this exercise encouraging the insulin in my body to help convert glucose to energy in the normal way, or is it just causing the glucose to be disposed of in another way?</p><p></p><p>Many thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sugarmog, post: 218331, member: 37432"] After many years of being considered glucose intolerant/pre diabetic, it would appear that, based on my most recent HbA1c test, I have now moved marginally into a full Type 2 diagnosis. However, it is not as clear cut as it seems as the test covered a period of about 4 weeks where due to unrelated medical conditions I was under severe stress which was elevating my blood sugar to unusually high levels and therefore skewing the test result. I have been self testing for about 6 weeks, and as the othe symptoms have been brought under control there has been a noticeable drop in my sugar levels. However, I have decided that whatever the eventual outcome it is probably best both in the short and long term to consider myself diabetic and act accordingly. So I will probably be asking for quite a bit of advice in the near future. My first question is about exercise. My job usually keeps me fairly active (although not at the moment) but deliberate exercise such as an hours walk noticably reduces my glucose level. However, is this exercise encouraging the insulin in my body to help convert glucose to energy in the normal way, or is it just causing the glucose to be disposed of in another way? Many thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
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