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<blockquote data-quote="Rrar" data-source="post: 1002856" data-attributes="member: 167921"><p>The only way of knowing how to adjust your insulin is trial & error. My blood sugars shoot up sky high after a workout which I couldn't get my head around as its always been drummed in to me that exercise = low sugar levels. I don't know how to explain it in scientific words so someone correct me if I'm wrong, but because I go to the gym in the morning on an empty stomach, I wasn't giving insulin as I wasn't having food, it's something to do with when you exercise, your muscles need more glucose to supply energy. In response, your liver increases the amount of glucose it releases into your bloodstream. Obviously on waking & going straight the gym, my body didn't have enough insulin to cope with the extra glucose my liver was making to supply me with energy for my workout so was actually raising my blood sugars. I spoke to my Diabetes team about it who have programmed it into my blood meter for me to take exercise into account so it just tells me how much insulin I should take for my exercise. Hope this makes a bit of sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rrar, post: 1002856, member: 167921"] The only way of knowing how to adjust your insulin is trial & error. My blood sugars shoot up sky high after a workout which I couldn't get my head around as its always been drummed in to me that exercise = low sugar levels. I don't know how to explain it in scientific words so someone correct me if I'm wrong, but because I go to the gym in the morning on an empty stomach, I wasn't giving insulin as I wasn't having food, it's something to do with when you exercise, your muscles need more glucose to supply energy. In response, your liver increases the amount of glucose it releases into your bloodstream. Obviously on waking & going straight the gym, my body didn't have enough insulin to cope with the extra glucose my liver was making to supply me with energy for my workout so was actually raising my blood sugars. I spoke to my Diabetes team about it who have programmed it into my blood meter for me to take exercise into account so it just tells me how much insulin I should take for my exercise. Hope this makes a bit of sense. [/QUOTE]
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