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Exercise

Russgee

Russgee

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Since diagnosis in early October I have increased my exercise by walking daily, although this is working and I can walk for longer each day, six miles today. But I do not get my heart racing , the sort that you get from a run or gym. So which is better for bs? Any studies made? And personal experience?
 
Reissuance training and HIIT come out best in the studies on active exercise for control of BG, a good gym will show you how to combine them, they can also be done at home, lots on the internet about how it.

But the best result overall come from getting people to stand up every hour, and go and look out of their window! So it seems to be as much about not remaining still, then about exercise.

A 10 minute walk after a meal has also been proved to get good results, but not as good as someone buying a dog.
 
There are multiple things which affect BG: the type of exercise you do, the length of the exercise, the intensity of the exercise and how fit you are at that exercise.

I usually find the type of prolonged exercise that gets my heart pumping brings my BG down whereas short sharp exercises raise my BG and something which is low intensity has little impact.

For example
- 10 mile walk has no impact on my BG
- 30 minutes on the treadmill and my BG goes down (I would even use the term "plummet" if I didn't manage my insulin)
- 2 hours climbing (short exercise which gets my heart pumping) raises my BG (I would you the term "rocket" if I didn't manage my insulin).

However, there is also the medium term affect - all of these could result in my BG going down over the next 24 hours.

Long term affects come down to general fitness.
 
Remember with Type2 it is as more about reducing insulin resistance then the direct effect of the exercise on BG.
 
I have found on odd occasions in the past, that a sweaty three mile yomp along the beach has actually raised my BS, whereas a 45 min ride though pleasant scenery (on the laptop) on a recumbent cycle, undoes any slightly carby food I've had earlier. So IMHO it's more about the effort the exercise takes out of you than what you do/ how long you do it for, and that varies with the individual.
 
I don't think that you have to get your heart pumping, but your breathing should deepen to show that you are burning more oxygen than normal.

I am still tinkering, but what I think I am seeing is that vigorous exercise (breathing deepens) doesn't usually take my BG down but it does seem to lower my fasting BG over the next couple of days. There is a similar lag before my fasting BG rises if I don't exercise for a couple of days.

Then again I am fat adapted (as far as I can tell) so exercise is unlikely to create a large demand from glucose because I am running on fat. It is likely to decrease any insulin resistance in my muscles, though, which should show a longer term benefit.
 
i was advised to do at least five minutes fairly high-energy exercise as soon after waking as possible, in order to get my system going. the nutritionist who suggested lchf to me said that, in order for my pancreas and the rest of my system to reset itself, i should do exercise that involved irregular movements, like running over rough ground or dancing. he told me that that type of exercise has far more benefits for people with diabetes than exercise that involves very repetitive movements like swimming or using a treadmill, though they are obviously great for general fitness. no idea on what this is based, but as he helped me to come off metformin and bring my blood sugar and blood pressure to normal levels, i trust his advice. i do swim a couple of times a week, as i really enjoy being in the water and it does help my fitness, but my main exercising is dancing for 20-30 minutes every day.
 
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