Monitoring Blood Glucose Levels & What Does EXERCISE Do? | Dr. Casey Means Metabolic Health Basics

Dr. Casey Means, Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Levels, explains some basic principles about exercise and glucose, as it pertains to metabolic health.

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[bettywhill]

Exactly what happened to me earlier. Been on a ketovore diet. Blood glucose usually in 80-115 range. Exercised earlier and my blood glucose went up to 135! Waited 1/2 hour and came down to 112.

[kamerynsonnenfelt]

Exactly what I needed to hear I was freaking out when my run was spiking my sugar

[johnm]

💯🎯 Masters athlete here. I do resistance training for 1 hour followed by 30-minutes of weighted jump rope training 5X per week. Add in a 2 mile easy walking 3X per week. This routine works well for me. 💯

[antwha]

Yardwork makes me sweat in FL humidity. spike from 106 to 156. so is sweating stress?

[robinq]

I work with a trainer 2 days a week for 1 hour each. 1 day is at the gym (w/ machines) and the other at home - mostly wt resistance & some cardio. Within 30 mins post exercise I take my BP & pulse, BG & KTones. My BP goes down to a close to "normal" range but BG goes up into the 120's and KT anywhere from .1 upwards. I am fasted beforehand 16 to 18 hrs.

My QUESTION is how long should a BG spike like that take to return to baseline (<90)?
Also does it matter if I wait to eat until it does?
Age 74 Female. I already lost 80 of the 100 lbs I had to lose and have kept it off 3 yrs - labwork is all good.

[Man-u-flex]

My blood sugar goes so high from weight lifting so isn’t that bad ?

[shanti]

How is it different for blood sugar to spike with HIIT, versus food? High BS is high BS?

[RacerX]

Better to exercise moderately than excessively cuz your glocuse will spike. This is why i walk and ride bike..lifting weights is minimum