Simple "soleus push-up" exercise may lower blood glucose.

[Tamarillo]

Below is a short video on some recent research out of the University of Houston, and before that a link to the paper they published.
I've been doing the soleus push ups under the dinner table. If anyone decides to try it and notices anything interesting with their blood glucose numbers make sure to leave a comment!

A potent physiological method to magnify and sustain soleus oxidative metabolism improves glucose and lipid regulation

Slow oxidative muscle, most notably the soleus, is inherently well equipped with the molecular machinery for regulating blood-borne substrates. However, the entire human musculature accounts for only ∼15% of the body’s oxidative metabolism ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[HSSS]

I saw a YouTube on this very thing this week (dr Ken berry) and tried it. I must have done nearly 100 and saw no change in bgl. He claimed it worked almost instantly. I gave up testing after about 15 mins. Maybe I didn’t wait long enough, do it right etc but didn’t seem to work for me. Interested to see what others think and if it’s worth another go or not
eta: having skimmed very quickly through the study I didn’t do it long enough nor test long enough. I either didn’t pay attention to the video I saw or it wasn’t clear the paper used 2 and 3 hrs of contractions not 10 mins and the instant result took at least 30 mins.

edit to get the right YouTube reference

 

[HSSS]

Another “explanation“ article https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/965506

 

[Tamarillo]

2 - 3 hours was to try to cover the full postprandial period after participants ingested 75 g glucose, but you can see there was a bit of effect on glucose from 15 minutes. I think the study showed a lowering effect of 8 - 9 mg/dl - so roughly .5 mmol/L - at the 15 minute mark. I think the effects on insulin (C and D) are very interesting too!
NB SPU1 is the group who exercised moderately and SPU exercised more intensely.

 

[nnelson]

This is super interesting! Thanks for sharing this!