Comments on: Weekend Bonus: Exercise and Hypoglycemia

By: carol

carol — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:21:30 +0000

Hello
I have Hypoglycemia” is exercise bad or good for me. I read good than I read bad so I do not know and I am exercising.
Carol

I believe exercise is good for you, as it helps to control blood sugar. But hypoglycemia is something you should control primarily with diet.

By: pjnoir

pjnoir — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:16:17 +0000

I use kettlebells aka pavel’s kettlebell instruction with wonderful results with my low carb/IF diet lifestyle BUT… many will experience higher BG numbers after exercise and that will upset many. Exercise is a long term solution to control BG and a one that every diabetic should pursue. It is not an insulin burner for short term results. A bonus here is that muscle gain- the growth of muscle mass loves Glucose and that Glucose stays out of the blood stream, etc. And you won’t get muscle bound without serious INTENT so don’t fret over that and use it as an excuse. Strength training is much better than cardio.

By: Stacy Zimmerman

Stacy Zimmerman — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:32:19 +0000

“There are times when type 2 diabetes sufferers are prone to hypoglycemia, which is a condition that can develop out of exercise.”

So what is your advice for someone who is always hypoglycemic but wants to exercise 3-4 times per week? The above statement makes it sound like exercise will just make my hypoglycemia worse!

It’s Su’s post; I’ll see if she has a reply. My advice, of course, would be to limit your carbs to keep your blood sugar more stable.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:38:36 +0000

I really hope English isn’t that writer’s first language. If it is, that first paragraph might make my head explode if read again.

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:54:09 +0000

I’m glad you posted this! I was looking for this type of information for my speech teacher!

By: Neil Fraser-Smith

Neil Fraser-Smith — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:01:15 +0000

This is April 3, not April 1, isn’t it?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:20:31 +0000

I was on an acne board (I wonder if there is any research correlating carbohydrates and fats to acne. Hmmm. Anyway) and even though I KNOW that carbs break me out, someone had to post this, saying they should be 45-65% of daily energy intake.

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Weight_loss_and_carbohydrates?Open

uugghhnnn… That’s all I can say! uuuggnnn!

Yup, it’s a major load of bologna. A healthy diet must include four servings of bread or cereal? They’re basing that on absolutely nothing.

By: Elenor

Elenor — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:23:52 +0000

Su wrote:
“What type of exercise is best for type 2 diabetes patients?
Usually, it is more about the frequency of exercise that comes into play rather than the type of exercise. More benefits may be gotten from aerobic activity and weight training combined.”

Has she missed entirely the whole Fred Hahn, Doug McGuff, Mike Eades, Primal-everything, etc., etc. “slow but high-intensity exercise / don’t do hours of aerobics” thing? Trudging away on a treadmill may (or may not — I don’t know — and she’s not making it clear) be the most healthy exercise for a Type 2, but all the latest stuff I’ve been reading seems to say it is not.

I believe it’s the exercises that really work the muscles — lifting, sprinting, etc. — that do the most good. I always found that long walks were great for my mood, but I’m not sure how much they do for blood-sugar control.