Bloods are so high! Why???

johnmorrish said:

Hi, not sure if this is relevant for you but in my experience (type2 - 25 years, insulin for 4 years). Low carbs are essential but equally so is Excercise and is certainly the best way of burning the carbs & lowering blood sugars. I try for a min of 1 hour gardening, walking every day and it ha s helped my control a lot. The more excercise the greater the impact, I may have to lower my insulin dose if I am going for a 2 hour allotment session. I do use the FreeLibre system to monitor my blood sugars about 20 times a day so can see the trends very easily. If i go for a long hike, say 6 miles, then I normally have to increase carbs (as well as lower insulin) to cater for the energy use! My HBAC1 has been is running at 46 to 48 mmol/mol, or 6.6% for the last year or so.

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Hi there,

I do think exercise has a place if people are able to do this but I wouldn't say it is the best way, it is something you have to be very careful with as it can impact both hypo and hyper.

I am far from an expert but I have also seen it said by others on the forum that exercise for them has the opposite impact and can increase their blood sugars especially weight training can produce stress hormones (like adreneline) which raises blood sugars

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-sport-and-blood-sugar.html

In my own experience I have found cardio works well at dropping blood sugars and after some exceptional particularly heavy sessions on the exercise bike I have seen drops below 3. But that is not common, but can show the impact. For me, I am drug free so that isn't something that is a problem, but for some it could be. It is also a single data point and what works for me, may not work for others

I was impressed by the UK Gov health fitness programme when they were shooting for the sugar tax. I remember them publishing adverts showing how mny sugar cubes were in various foods, and how muxh exercise was necessary to neutralise the effect of eating said foods.
I cannot find any trace of that campaign now, but this seems to be a close runner up from Aussieland
https://coach.nine.com.au/fitness/h...mars-bar/74b9f04b-6850-4207-8f05-74cb77c6db95

And from a well known fitness additives supporter
https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/t...w-long-takes-burn-off-favourite-snacks-worth/

Andydragon said:

I am far from an expert but I have also seen it said by others on the forum that exercise for them has the opposite impact and can increase their blood sugars especially weight training can produce stress hormones (like adreneline) which raises blood sugars

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-sport-and-blood-sugar.html

In my own experience I have found cardio works well at dropping blood sugars

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And I’ve regularly read the opposite that Cardio raises levels whereas weight based exercise drops it. So it’s very personal. And when testing what works for you keep checking the rest of the day. Many find that a short term rise after exercise is rapidly followed by a prolonged period of lower levels and the increase in overall health and improvement in overall levels is worth the small blip.

HSSS said:

And I’ve regularly read the opposite that Cardio raises levels whereas weight based exercise drops it. So it’s very personal. And when testing what works for you keep checking the rest of the day. Many find that a short term rise after exercise is rapidly followed by a prolonged period of lower levels and the increase in overall health and improvement in overall levels is worth the small blip.

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I agree that it is very personal as my own experience clearly shows cardio reduced my levels, by a good amount. I totally agree with you that where possible monitoring the overall impact makes sense, as I said adrenaline responses are known to raise blood sugars but for sure, temporary could easily lead to a better overall level

what I am saying is that exercise is whilst is seen as a good thing. It may be for some there is a need to have more supervision medically. If there is any risk of hypo (and honestly, not sure if hyper needs same levels of check) then you need to be careful

Also knowing there is a off topic here brewing so I’m gently telling myself off