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<blockquote data-quote="Stephen Lewis" data-source="post: 2052840" data-attributes="member: 479176"><p>To try and actually provide some short and hopefully helpful information, I go to the gym 4 or 5 times a week. I fast walk as warm up for about 10 minutes then heavy weight-lifting for another 30+ minutes. I go in the morning and in the afternoon. 8 months ago and nearly 30 lbs heavier with a lot of bad fat under the stomach muscles my bg levels would spike from about 6 to over 10 and the morning was always worse. Now, with the same exercise and much less fat (from a low carb diet) there is no significant spike. In fact I sometimes need to have a snack afterwards to bring my glucose levels back up. My understanding is that the liver stores and releases glucose when the pancreas sees a low level. I rarely get below 5.0 because this process works really well. The glucose in the liver has to be replenished from somewhere and if it is not available in the blood then the body burns fat to create energy with any surplus going to the liver for future use. (This is the KISS explanation that I need). We are all different and you may have a different reaction but spiking after exercise seems normal for many of us but I was able to control this through diet. Come back to the forum and read the information from how those of us with T2 deal with our condition. I suggest supposed scientific research has not found an answer for us in nearly 100 years and we probably know more about how our own body works and reacts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stephen Lewis, post: 2052840, member: 479176"] To try and actually provide some short and hopefully helpful information, I go to the gym 4 or 5 times a week. I fast walk as warm up for about 10 minutes then heavy weight-lifting for another 30+ minutes. I go in the morning and in the afternoon. 8 months ago and nearly 30 lbs heavier with a lot of bad fat under the stomach muscles my bg levels would spike from about 6 to over 10 and the morning was always worse. Now, with the same exercise and much less fat (from a low carb diet) there is no significant spike. In fact I sometimes need to have a snack afterwards to bring my glucose levels back up. My understanding is that the liver stores and releases glucose when the pancreas sees a low level. I rarely get below 5.0 because this process works really well. The glucose in the liver has to be replenished from somewhere and if it is not available in the blood then the body burns fat to create energy with any surplus going to the liver for future use. (This is the KISS explanation that I need). We are all different and you may have a different reaction but spiking after exercise seems normal for many of us but I was able to control this through diet. Come back to the forum and read the information from how those of us with T2 deal with our condition. I suggest supposed scientific research has not found an answer for us in nearly 100 years and we probably know more about how our own body works and reacts. [/QUOTE]
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