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    Exercise and Blood Sugar spike?

    Also, I might add or clarify, the condition of lipotoxicity (which I consider an effect rather than cause of degenerated organ function -- especially adipose de novo lipogenesis -- in MetS) is known to include a downregulation of glucose transport (via GLUT4) in insulin-sensitive tissues --...
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    Exercise and Blood Sugar spike?

    P.S. Outside of the researchers who perform portal hormone measurements, there seems to be little understanding of the non-diabetic and diabetic islet function. Hyperglycemia due to dietary carb's (i.e. portal/islet glucose) CANNOT be compensated for with sub-Q insulin. Even in the non-diabetic...
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    Exercise and Blood Sugar spike?

    P.S. One of the many things that distinguishes T2DM from other insulin-deficient forms is that there is no measureable early loss of normal islets-hormonal response to AAs (amino acids). This is a HUGE advantage. Hence, a sufficiently low-carb diet will normalize BG during the first few years...
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    Exercise and Blood Sugar spike?

    Sorry, the widespread myth that a T2D is not insulin deficient reflects the widespread misunderstanding of the hepatic-islets (i.e. portal) axis and its endocrinology, both in diabetes and in non-diabetes. This is WHY I emphasized that there is sustantial insulin deficiency in T2DM. The basics...
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    Exercise and Blood Sugar spike?

    P.S. In the diaVerge interview with Lisa, Bernstein tells a story about Elliott P. Joslin (after whom the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts is named) teaching that a diabetic should never run just one block to catch a bus, but should run a mile. Joslin used this quip to illustrate...
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    Exercise and Blood Sugar spike?

    P.S. Debra, I just listened to a 2016 interview with Bernstein. He mentions the rapid-acting beta blocker in it. You can find with a search including the following: *** diaVerge interview Dr. Bernstein Lisa *** I think you will find the mention of beta blockers in Part 2. Also, he has...
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    Exercise and Blood Sugar spike?

    For a diabetic this is normal or typical. A diabetic is insulin-deficient (including type-2), and hence the secondary hormones (e.g. adrenal) have a more powerful effect than in a non-diabetic. There is a large diurnal dependence. If you can, perform exercise in afternoon or evening, and avoid...
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    Aura during hypoglycemia

    Hi, I have HNF1-alpha type monogenic diabetes. I have the "aura" (flashing lights) somewhat regularly -- I think I have all of my life, possibly -- as far back as I can remember, although I only diagnosed myself as a diabetic after the age of fifty and have been using insulin therapy for less...