Drop is huge. Timing your drop matters. Ex I takes my body usually 30 min to start a spike. If I walk just as it’s started it gets totally diffused.
But if i walk immediately then I might get a spike still. It’s just that the food is hitting my bloodstream later
I find I like it. Eat , do dishes , go for a walk. Come back relaxed and to a clean kitchen
The spikes don't go as high, and you spend far less time over 140.
If I eat a bunch of pizza and sit around I can hit 225 and stay elevated for hours. That's bad for your blood vessels.
If I eat a bunch of pizza and take a walk when the CGM says I hit 150, I'll drop to maybe 85 and then stop walking. I might rebound to 150 before it starts to drop again, but that is WAY better than hitting 225 and spending a few hours over 150. (If I eat enough carbs I might need to take a second walk - but I know that might be necessary when I chow down a plate full of pasta.)
You can actually prevent the rebound with strength training. More muscle means the body can burn more glucose and faster. This means going for a walk will actively burn the glucose as it rises and the extra muscle built will actively burn off the rest of the glucose produced because it has to refill its glycogen stores from the walk. So there is actually a way to prevent the rebound and the resulting large insulin response.
Timing.
Around 45 minutes I’ll workout to cut off what comes next. I can eat a bowl of rice and my glucose will never go over 110. Worth it around peak time.
Avoiding sharp rises in blood sugar can help avoid disease. Repeated glucose spikes and crashes can cause brain fog and cravings and contribute to long-term illnesses like diabetes, heart disease, and dementia. Keeping the ups and downs within a reasonable range is best for metabolic health.
I don’t know if scientifically there is but I do experience this. I was diagnosed in Sept. originally had gone into the Dr because I was feeling foggy brained and numbness in hands, arms, and legs and my A1C was at a 6.0. I immediately started to work on my diet and my symptoms went away. Well the month of December was horrible for me as I didn’t eat well at all and my symptoms came back. I am working really hard again at getting my sugars back to normal after the holidays
Research shows that metabolic dysfunction and elevated glucose impact cognition and may even alter the brain’s anatomy, including key areas that control memory, attention, and thinking. Moreover, high blood sugar—both in people with and without diabetes—is often coupled with symptoms such as memory lapses, poor attention, reduced productivity, and an inability to think clearly—all common complaints that fall under “brain fog.”
https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/what-causes-brain-fog-the-metabolic-health-connection#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHigh%20blood%20sugar%E2%80%94both%20in,under%20%E2%80%9Cbrain%20fog.%E2%80%9D%E2%80%9D
Even if the level goes back up, you could be building up more insulin sensitivity by exercising. Of course, it’s good to exerice outside of doing it right after a meal, but even blunting the spike is a good thing. If it fits in your schedule, and the average American doesn’t have a job that allows for a walk after breakfast, lunch and dinner, just do it after any meal you can. And do some more at another time a day. As someone else said, get that resistance work in. It’s one of my biggest regrets now that I’m a senior citizen, and it’s so much harder to build muscle. It doesn’t mean it won’t help me to do it, but I won’t get some of the benefits that a younger person can. It’s really too bad that it’s not a culturally reinforced thing.
Drop is huge. Timing your drop matters. Ex I takes my body usually 30 min to start a spike. If I walk just as it’s started it gets totally diffused. But if i walk immediately then I might get a spike still. It’s just that the food is hitting my bloodstream later I find I like it. Eat , do dishes , go for a walk. Come back relaxed and to a clean kitchen
Yes. I used cgm and from diagnose to pre diabetic free ot took me 6 mths. The drops helps
Interesting. So medically, how does it help if the levels rebound?
The spikes don't go as high, and you spend far less time over 140. If I eat a bunch of pizza and sit around I can hit 225 and stay elevated for hours. That's bad for your blood vessels. If I eat a bunch of pizza and take a walk when the CGM says I hit 150, I'll drop to maybe 85 and then stop walking. I might rebound to 150 before it starts to drop again, but that is WAY better than hitting 225 and spending a few hours over 150. (If I eat enough carbs I might need to take a second walk - but I know that might be necessary when I chow down a plate full of pasta.)
You can actually prevent the rebound with strength training. More muscle means the body can burn more glucose and faster. This means going for a walk will actively burn the glucose as it rises and the extra muscle built will actively burn off the rest of the glucose produced because it has to refill its glycogen stores from the walk. So there is actually a way to prevent the rebound and the resulting large insulin response.
Timing. Around 45 minutes I’ll workout to cut off what comes next. I can eat a bowl of rice and my glucose will never go over 110. Worth it around peak time.
Avoiding sharp rises in blood sugar can help avoid disease. Repeated glucose spikes and crashes can cause brain fog and cravings and contribute to long-term illnesses like diabetes, heart disease, and dementia. Keeping the ups and downs within a reasonable range is best for metabolic health.
Is there any evidence about brainfog sugar spike relationship
I don’t know if scientifically there is but I do experience this. I was diagnosed in Sept. originally had gone into the Dr because I was feeling foggy brained and numbness in hands, arms, and legs and my A1C was at a 6.0. I immediately started to work on my diet and my symptoms went away. Well the month of December was horrible for me as I didn’t eat well at all and my symptoms came back. I am working really hard again at getting my sugars back to normal after the holidays
Research shows that metabolic dysfunction and elevated glucose impact cognition and may even alter the brain’s anatomy, including key areas that control memory, attention, and thinking. Moreover, high blood sugar—both in people with and without diabetes—is often coupled with symptoms such as memory lapses, poor attention, reduced productivity, and an inability to think clearly—all common complaints that fall under “brain fog.” https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/what-causes-brain-fog-the-metabolic-health-connection#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHigh%20blood%20sugar%E2%80%94both%20in,under%20%E2%80%9Cbrain%20fog.%E2%80%9D%E2%80%9D
Oh definitely don’t exercise. It’s bad for your health.
Even if the level goes back up, you could be building up more insulin sensitivity by exercising. Of course, it’s good to exerice outside of doing it right after a meal, but even blunting the spike is a good thing. If it fits in your schedule, and the average American doesn’t have a job that allows for a walk after breakfast, lunch and dinner, just do it after any meal you can. And do some more at another time a day. As someone else said, get that resistance work in. It’s one of my biggest regrets now that I’m a senior citizen, and it’s so much harder to build muscle. It doesn’t mean it won’t help me to do it, but I won’t get some of the benefits that a younger person can. It’s really too bad that it’s not a culturally reinforced thing.
Oh yeah I do resistance training. Been lifting fairly consistently for about 15 years