Dr. B addresses this in his book, I believe in the chapter on exercise. Since Type 2’s are insulin resistant (by definition), you body has a difficult time processing the blood glucose so your cells can burn it.

If you exercise hard, your cells require more energy, which causes your liver to create some glucose through gloconeogenesis (sp?).

Anyway, since your insulin is not very effective in ushering this new glucose into your cells where it can be burned, it builds up in your blood.

This can cause the curious phenomenon of having hypoglycemic symptoms while actually having high BG’s. The high BG’s will cause damage, according to Dr. B.

I forget how he says to manage this, however. I’ll look it up tonight when I get home….

- Danny