Why Does Glucose Rise With Exercise? Did You Know?
welcome everybody. Today I will answer an
important question that I get asked all the time. Is this the cause of high
blood sugar? Or why does blood sugar rise
during exercise? This is a common question, especially
among Catholic patients or patients who are
pushing themselves and trying to get their heart rate up to do some intense exercise or
increase the intensity of the exercise. They end up finding themselves with high blood sugar. People started noticing this when they started using GMS and Libre Dexcom and this became a common question. So I am Dr. Ahmet Ergin. I am an endocrinologist
working in Florida today. We are reviewing the causes of high blood sugar when exercising, so let’s get started. Today we are mainly talking
about why your blood sugar rises when you exercise
well, a few things you need to know about some
hormones other than insulin. That deals with blood sugar levels. Now, what are the other hormones? We have cortisol, right? We have adrenaline. These are the two main stress hormones that are incompatible with insulin. It doesn’t mean they don’t agree. They were made for a reason. The function of cortisol is
to provide glucose to your body in times of stress, because you may not
find food. It is not easily available to you. Your body doesn’t know that, and the
Himalayas and mountain climbing versus being in the
gym in comfortable conditioning. You know you’re just trying to get something going, you know, some exercise. So your body is trying to
deliver this cortisol to you to make sure you don’t run out of sugar. Now, when insulin-resistant, the core dissolves, doubles, or triples. And then, the
weak insulin that’s trying to catch up may not be able to do as
well just because there’s too much cortisol in your body. Your muscles are eating and trying to
eat too much sugar. And your body is trying to, you
know, create a stress response. If your body is producing
more sugar than your muscles are taking in, you’ll end up with a
flood of glucose coming from your liver,
mainly due to gluconeogenesis. Because of this cortisol. The same thing happens with adrenaline. Again, Adeline is the fight-or-flight response. With exercise, you can. Your body doesn’t know if you’re running away from a lion, or if you’re just running for fun. So, in any case, you are
creating a lot of adrenaline. Now, the problem is adrenaline and cortisol. When they get together, they become a badass team. They can make a difference there as a result, when you’re
at the gym or doing something outside, and you’re
under stress under the sun or something. Sometimes this leads
to anything that causes stress. You’ll see a result after using a finger stick, or if you’re just monitoring your blood sugar on a
continuous diabetes monitor, you’ll see your blood sugar
go up unless it was kind of on the
very low side, to begin with. But it tends to go up, especially with high-intensity exercise. Same thing with growth, growth hormone. The hormone also kicks in, which is
good in the long run, because its growth will help your body
burn fat in the long run. But in the short term,
you know, during acute stress, and even growth, your body will create and really raise your blood sugar and so you guys, I hope that helps. The good thing is, after all, stress makes your body learn how to
deal with stress, right? These short bouts of
stress on your body are a good thing. But chronic stress isn’t
a good thing, right? The short period of stress teaches your body to prepare for the future. So now your body will handle your blood sugar better. After a few hours, you will notice that your blood sugar drops. Now, you should be
watching for low blood sugar, especially if you’re
taking certain medications like insulin or insulin-producing agents, you may have to monitor your sugar. In your blood on the road,
the effect of this exercise can last for 24 hours. So you have to be careful about that, like some people do, he says my blood sugar is two hundred and fifty I wouldn’t worry about it he already knows that. You may find yourself hitting fifteen
within a few hours. Guys, I hope this helped you. If so,
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