Tue, Apr-24-07, 09:34
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blood sugar?
Hi,
I tried this question in the diabetes forum which is its more natural place, but no-one seemed too familiar with the problem. I am not diabetic but a recent fasting blood sugar test was too high, and I started to keep a check. When I exercise I always get a blood glucose increase of about 10 points e.g. if my pre-exercise blood sugar is 88, I might go to 98. I recently went from 100 to 118 on exercise alone.
From trying to google it, it seems not a common thing. There are a few references to intense exercise causing a bump up in blood sugar. But I don't know that I would class my training as particularly intense (mix of 20 mins aerobic with interval-style intermittent sprints, followed by 20 mins weight machines - is that 'intense'?).
Does anyone here experience that or have an idea what is going on?
By the way, if you are like I was and never give too much thought to blood sugar, it may be interesting to know that you can get a self-test glucose meter for $20 (test strips are $1 each), and testing takes about 30 seconds. At that price and convenience, I think they make a great medicine cabinet item for anyone, even non-diabetics, for making an occasional health check on fasting blood glucose,
Paul.
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