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Message: <blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1586468" data-attributes="member: 32394">I'm not entirely convinced it's exercise causes an increased metabolism exactly. What happens is there are two ways for glucose to get from the blood into cells: insulin or glucose transporters. GLUT4 transporters live in your muscles and get activated by muscle contraction so that they can transport glucose into the moving muscles which need it to be fuelled, and the stay activated for a while after exercise.So if you're not diabetic, after exercise your body knows you don't need quite as much insulin because the glut4 transporters are working to deal with food. If you are diabetic, you might find you need a little less insulin after exercise because the glut4 transporters are offering an alternative route for glucose to get into the cells.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLUT4" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLUT4</a></blockquote>

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