Working muscles
are sugar-burning
powerhouses. Here’s
how physical activity
impacts your blood
glucose, even hours
after you stop
sweating
MOVEMENT
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AS
At rest, two hormones from your pancreas- insulin and glucagon – play opposing
roles to keep your blood glucose stable:
insulin moves sugar into your cells and
glucagon shuttles sugar out of your cells.
After you eat, sugar and other nutrients
are released into your blood from your
intestines. Insulin levels rise to move
that sugar into your cells, including
muscle and liver cells, to be used or
stored. Between meals, glucagon levels
rise to maintain your BGLs by releasing
that stored glucose back into your
bloodstream – preventing lows.
BEFORE^ EXERCISE