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Warning for Diabetics: New Information on Exercise Can Cause Dangerously Low Sugar Levels
Ronald Grisanti D.C.,D.A.B.C.O., M.S.
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Dr. Kym J. Guelfi, from the University of Western Australia and published in the journal Diabetes Care states that light continuous jogging or cycling, poses a...

Greater Risk of Low Blood Sugar

than intermittent High-Intensity Exercise.

The researchers analyzed the response of blood sugar and hormones when performing a moderate-intensity or intermittent high-intensity exercise program for 30 minutes.

Moderate-intensity exercise consisted of long duration continuous exercise while high-intensity exercise consisted of a combination of continuous exercise interspersed with sprints performed every 2 minutes.

The study concluded that both moderate-intensity and high-intensity exercise led to a drop in blood sugar levels, but the decline was

Greater with Moderate-Intensity Than the High-Intensity Exercise

An interesting finding found that blood sugar levels remained stable during recovery from high-intensity exercise whereas they continued to decline after moderate-intensity exercise.

SOURCE: Diabetes Care, June 2005.

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