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Exercise
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chri5
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Hi, it`s not unusual for your bg levels to go up after exercise, especially if the exercise was strenuous.
phil1966
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I find anaerobic exercise causes a temporary rise in BG levels but they fall away quickly, and I would imagine trampolining would come into the anaerobic category if it's vigorous
By comparison, aerobic activity (such as running) causes my BG levels to drop afterwards
What I have found though is that now I'm exercising regularly (I run every day and normally play five a side or squash once or twice a week), it has definitely improved my BG levels overall with my fasting readings always being in the 4s now and post meal rises are much, much lower
By comparison, aerobic activity (such as running) causes my BG levels to drop afterwards
What I have found though is that now I'm exercising regularly (I run every day and normally play five a side or squash once or twice a week), it has definitely improved my BG levels overall with my fasting readings always being in the 4s now and post meal rises are much, much lower
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Sean01
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Exercise requires energy. Energy will come from two places:
1 glycogen in muscles converting to sugar to be used immediately
2 - glycogen stores in the liver - being converted to glucose for muscles to use as sugar.
In both cases - which happen simultaneously, the sugar ends up in your blood - hence the blood test result. It's normal. It's to be expected. It makes sense and it's a sign that you are functioning normally - but yes your bg goes up - so why exercise if it causes this problem? The answer is simple and can be illustrated by looking at what happens with your heart beat.
A high heart beat is not good for you but you have a high heartbeat when you exercise. However, after exercise, the heartbeat returns to normal, and gradually, as fitness improves, the resting heart beat becomes lower. The overall effect is that your average heartbeat is lower even though it might go up a lot during your period of exercise.
Blood sugar levels go up when you exercise, but by exercising, we are tuning our bodies so that they can better manage the regulation of sugar during the rest of the day and on an ongoing basis.
You are improving your physical health and toning up your body so that it can deal better with sugar fluctuations. Muscles use sugar. Fit healthy strong muscles use sugar better. This helps you control your sugar to help you manage your diabetes.
Exercise, eat correctly and monitor your bg levels. You will see positive gradual changes.
(T2 Oct 15. Metformin, diet and exercise, a lot of exercise. Wt loss 6 stone so far, waist loss 10 inches - biology degree)
1 glycogen in muscles converting to sugar to be used immediately
2 - glycogen stores in the liver - being converted to glucose for muscles to use as sugar.
In both cases - which happen simultaneously, the sugar ends up in your blood - hence the blood test result. It's normal. It's to be expected. It makes sense and it's a sign that you are functioning normally - but yes your bg goes up - so why exercise if it causes this problem? The answer is simple and can be illustrated by looking at what happens with your heart beat.
A high heart beat is not good for you but you have a high heartbeat when you exercise. However, after exercise, the heartbeat returns to normal, and gradually, as fitness improves, the resting heart beat becomes lower. The overall effect is that your average heartbeat is lower even though it might go up a lot during your period of exercise.
Blood sugar levels go up when you exercise, but by exercising, we are tuning our bodies so that they can better manage the regulation of sugar during the rest of the day and on an ongoing basis.
You are improving your physical health and toning up your body so that it can deal better with sugar fluctuations. Muscles use sugar. Fit healthy strong muscles use sugar better. This helps you control your sugar to help you manage your diabetes.
Exercise, eat correctly and monitor your bg levels. You will see positive gradual changes.
(T2 Oct 15. Metformin, diet and exercise, a lot of exercise. Wt loss 6 stone so far, waist loss 10 inches - biology degree)
Hi,
What are your readings now? Taking a reading such as you have 10 minutes apart with a 0.4 difference on these meters is not unusual.. Even seconds apart with the same drop of blood??
A blood meter reading pretty much takes a "snap shot" of your BS levels of anything up to 20 minutes ago due to the blood flow around the body?
