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<blockquote data-quote="deszcznocity" data-source="post: 2226343" data-attributes="member: 520445"><p>When your body needs energy, it draws on its glycogen stores stored in your liver and muscles. When you run, your adrenal glands produce adrenalin and cortisol. <em>Cortisol</em> also increases <em>glycogen</em> synthesis (glycogenesis) in the liver, storing glucose in easily accessible form. At any given time, there are about 4 grams of glucose in your blood. When the level begins to decline—either because you have not eaten or are burning glucose during exercise—insulin levels will also drop. When this happens, an enzyme called glycogen phosphorylase starts breaking glycogen down to supply the body with glucose. For the next eight to 12 hours, glucose derived from liver glycogen becomes the body's primary energy source.<strong> </strong></p><p><strong>HOWEVER, when you are doing weight lifting your body uses glycogen</strong> stores that are already in your skeletal <strong>muscle</strong>s meaning you directly use the energy storage from the <strong>muscle</strong> itself by breaking down of <strong>muscle glycogen</strong>. What this does is it impedes <strong>muscle</strong> glucose uptake from the blood, thereby lowering your blood glucose. </p><p>Hope this makes sense...</p><p></p><p>Regarding breakfast - I assume you do not eat low carb. Do an experiment - eat 2 pork sausages and scrambled eggs WITHOUT bread or any other carbs for breakfast and drink your coffee/tea WITHOUT milk. Do finger prick test each hour - see what happens. I can assure you, it will not be the same glucose response as you are used to.</p><p></p><p>I recommend you google Dr Bernstein and either start by watching his youtube universtity channel or better buy his book. I have been diagnosed in Sep2019 with HbA1c of 124mmol/mol and went down to 42mmol/mol in 4 months following his protocol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deszcznocity, post: 2226343, member: 520445"] When your body needs energy, it draws on its glycogen stores stored in your liver and muscles. When you run, your adrenal glands produce adrenalin and cortisol. [I]Cortisol[/I] also increases [I]glycogen[/I] synthesis (glycogenesis) in the liver, storing glucose in easily accessible form. At any given time, there are about 4 grams of glucose in your blood. When the level begins to decline—either because you have not eaten or are burning glucose during exercise—insulin levels will also drop. When this happens, an enzyme called glycogen phosphorylase starts breaking glycogen down to supply the body with glucose. For the next eight to 12 hours, glucose derived from liver glycogen becomes the body's primary energy source.[B] HOWEVER, when you are doing weight lifting your body uses glycogen[/B] stores that are already in your skeletal [B]muscle[/B]s meaning you directly use the energy storage from the [B]muscle[/B] itself by breaking down of [B]muscle glycogen[/B]. What this does is it impedes [B]muscle[/B] glucose uptake from the blood, thereby lowering your blood glucose. Hope this makes sense... Regarding breakfast - I assume you do not eat low carb. Do an experiment - eat 2 pork sausages and scrambled eggs WITHOUT bread or any other carbs for breakfast and drink your coffee/tea WITHOUT milk. Do finger prick test each hour - see what happens. I can assure you, it will not be the same glucose response as you are used to. I recommend you google Dr Bernstein and either start by watching his youtube universtity channel or better buy his book. I have been diagnosed in Sep2019 with HbA1c of 124mmol/mol and went down to 42mmol/mol in 4 months following his protocol. [/QUOTE]
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