BG After Exercise

As I mentioned in my previous article, the coolest thing about exercise is that its beneficial effects are not only immediate, but they usually last for a wihile. In fact, the immediate hours after a workout are the ones in which your fatigue's outcomes in terms of BG management will emerge more evidently.

This is especially true for anaerobic exercise. In particular, what this kind of workout does is to improve your carbs and insulin absorption: you will notice how your glycaemic spikes caused by carbs tend to be way smaller after a training session than usual, and also the pace at which your insulin starts to work will be increased, especially if you inject it in a body part which you have just trained. On the long term, an increase in your muscular mass might well turn out in a boosted basal metabolism, ending up in a reduction of your basal insulin doses: this will usually be evident at nights, as at some point your BG could start to drop. If that happens for more than two days in a row, start to gradually reduce your basal insulin from the day after. 

Instead, for what concerns aerobic exercise, the huge drop in BG which characterises it during its course will most likely end as soon as you finish your training, unless you have been through an extremely intense session. If you don't find yourself in this last situation, I suggest not to correct your dropping BG: instead, relax for some minutes after the end of your exercise and you will notice how it will tend to naturally rebound up to perfect levels. Furthermore, if you want to lose weight through aerobic exercise, keep in mind that also in this case the reults will turn out in a reduced need for basal insulin. 

However, the most important thing which has to be done after having trained is to make sure that your BG remains into an healthy range: otherwise, the gains which working out can give us would be seriously weakened. This is especially true with high blood glucose levels, which will make your metabolism catabolic, not allowing the restoration and the expansion of muscular mass, eroding it in the long term. On the other hand, while low BG levels could provoke an accelerated muscular growth, they would also determine a condition of suffering for your nervous system, which could be seriously damaged in the long term. Instead, an in-range glycaemia will ensure a productive and way more relaxing recover, allowing you to finally enjoy the fruits of your work. 

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