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Lowering blood glucose levels: natural methods

Bluetit1802 said:
Well, I have 2 brisk walks every day. One morning, one afternoon, but have never tested to see what happens. So, this morning I went on my usual 20 minute brisk walk Result - absolutely no difference between before and after! Clearly 20 minutes isn't enough.
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what was it before the walk bluetit
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Well, I have 2 brisk walks every day. One morning, one afternoon, but have never tested to see what happens. So, this morning I went on my usual 20 minute brisk walk Result - absolutely no difference between before and after! Clearly 20 minutes isn't enough.
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Sometimes 1 hour seems the minimum needed to shift bg. Other times 30 mins is sufficient. ?????!

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I walked before diabetes and I walk now ....one hour a day .....except now I am rewarded by the benefits ....
That's with diet change ....although not much ....just that sugar posion was reduced ....
I also take medication ....and I had three op last year ....so not not quite jogging yet .....x
 
I have found exercise to be absolutely amazing at reducing BG levels. This graph shows an unassisted fall in levels and one with some exercise between test points. In fact nowadays I find about 3 minutes of dancing causes a rapid fall down to around 5.

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Bluetit1802 said:
It was 6.1 before and 6.2 afterwards, so no difference. I am always around 6 from waking until after lunch. Then a peak for lunch food. Before my evening meal I am down to 4's and low 5's.
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that is really unexpected. So either you haven't used up your stored glucogen in your muscles or you went down and bounced back up. I wlant to go for the latter what do you get if you test half way through - just so different to what I see, mine just plummets and stays down.
 
Andrew Colvin said:
I have found exercise to be absolutely amazing at reducing BG levels. This graph shows an unassisted fall in levels and one with some exercise between test points. In fact nowadays I find about 3 minutes of dancing causes a rapid fall down to around 5.

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Salsa? Tango? Zumba? Jive? ;-)



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Andrew Colvin said:
that is really unexpected. So either you haven't used up your stored glucogen in your muscles or you went down and bounced back up. I wlant to go for the latter what do you get if you test half way through - just so different to what I see, mine just plummets and stays down.
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When I've had my walk I wait about 20 minutes before testing (I only test if I feel curious about the effect because I know now that it does my bg levels good). When is the best time to test if exercising?


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sanguine said:
I would also say anything that reduces stress helps - stroking a cat, reading, listening or watching something pleasant (but not music with 'moods' in the title, the very thought just raises my BP :banghead:).

When I was in my 20s I did Transcendental Meditation for a while. Not the advanced courses and the flying nonsense, that was just a money-grabbing scam as far as I was concerned, but the basic relaxation technique worked (and still does if I care to).

We're going on holiday in a couple of weeks, that will be interesting to see what happens to my BGs.
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Stroking a cat? Like they did on navy ships?
 
Andrew Colvin said:
that is really unexpected. So either you haven't used up your stored glucogen in your muscles or you went down and bounced back up. I wlant to go for the latter what do you get if you test half way through - just so different to what I see, mine just plummets and stays down.
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I can't explain it. I am the same every morning. My fasting reading (av.6) is always the same give or take a point as my pre-lunch reading and I always have a 20 minute walk at 3.5mph according to my ped. I take the same route every morning, rain or shine. In the afternoons I do a different walk but also 20 minutes at 3.5mph and my levels drop to my pre-evening meal level which averages at 5.1.

If I do drop down then bounce back up, what is causing me to bounce back up? It isn't food or drink.

Test mid walk? My husband would kill me! He thinks I test far too much as it is. He knows my obsessive nature too well.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I can't explain it. I am the same every morning. My fasting reading (av.6) is always the same give or take a point as my pre-lunch reading and I always have a 20 minute walk at 3.5mph according to my ped. I take the same route every morning, rain or shine. In the afternoons I do a different walk but also 20 minutes at 3.5mph and my levels drop to my pre-evening meal level which averages at 5.1.

If I do drop down then bounce back up, what is causing me to bounce back up? It isn't food or drink.

Test mid walk? My husband would kill me! He thinks I test far too much as it is. He knows my obsessive nature too well.
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It sounds like your body thinks it's BG is getting too low and your liver releases 'liver dump' which will raise your BG.
 
Okra seems to be doing it for me. 2 or 3 sliced and left in water overnight, then drink the water first thing in the morning. Give it 30 minutes before eating anything.
 
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