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gardel0

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Hi Everyone

I was watching an episode of QI in which a reply to a question was that "the juice from a steak is called Myoglobin which is responsible for releasing blood sugar when there is a sudden energy burst."

I had been pre-diabetic for about 18 months and on my last visit to the doctor for a blood test, after fasting, my blood sugar level was over 8 so a drug was prescribed for the first time. My question is as I am 75 and for the last twenty years I have never broke sweat in any activity. If, by my standards, I had an unusual burst of energy to get to the surgery on time, which is a mile walk with the last 100 yards being uphill could this activity have caused an increase in blood sugar level that would ruin the average reading?

If this is the case could this explain why some people have faulty readings when doing a home blood sugar test if their equipment is stored upstairs in the bathroom and they climb the stairs which releases more blood sugar before doing the self test?

Any opinions would be appreciated especially if the consensus is that the doctor was too quick in reaching for his prescription pad.

Kindest regards
 
I like the thought. I have read many posts of the same nature. Blood levels do generally go up after physical exercise whereas walking lowers blood levels!
Go figure!
 
I find if I break a sweat my blood sugar goes down by several points.
 
Well, yes, it is possible for exercise to result in an increase in BG (e.g. sprinting all-out for 30s is likely to increase BG, running at sustainable pace for 30min is likely to lower it), and in general your BG can vary a great deal based on hormones (e.g. cortisone, the synthetic version of the stress hormone cortisol, tends to induce hyperglycemia in otherwise healthy patients).

So yeah, it is theoretically possible; if you wanted to know for sure you'd have to get a meter to test at home
 
Depends on the circumstances as well. Take a race situation with adrenaline in the mix and the BG can shoot up, as mine did this morning.

Generally though, aerobic exercise tends to lower blood sugar, anaerobic tends to push it up.

So walking steadily up those stairs vs running up them like a mountain goat could make all the difference
 
gardel0 said:
Hi Everyone

I was watching an episode of QI in which a reply to a question was that "the juice from a steak is called Myoglobin which is responsible for releasing blood sugar when there is a sudden energy burst."

I had been pre-diabetic for about 18 months and on my last visit to the doctor for a blood test, after fasting, my blood sugar level was over 8 so a drug was prescribed for the first time. My question is as I am 75 and for the last twenty years I have never broke sweat in any activity. If, by my standards, I had an unusual burst of energy to get to the surgery on time, which is a mile walk with the last 100 yards being uphill could this activity have caused an increase in blood sugar level that would ruin the average reading?

If this is the case could this explain why some people have faulty readings when doing a home blood sugar test if their equipment is stored upstairs in the bathroom and they climb the stairs which releases more blood sugar before doing the self test?

Any opinions would be appreciated especially if the consensus is that the doctor was too quick in reaching for his prescription pad.

Kindest regards
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Was this just a blood glucose test or an HbA1c test?

Morning fasting tests are affected by a lot of things, such as a disturbed night's sleep, stress, normal routine activity between getting out of bed and having the test done., or dawn phenomenon. If it was simply one of these blood glucose tests, then I would ask for an HbA1c test, which will confirm whether or not you are fully diabetic and whether you need meds.
 
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