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Thread: I dont understand whats going on

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10-31-2006, 06:51 PM

JasonJayhawk JasonJayhawk is offline

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That's not too bad of a change. When you exercise, your body releases stress hormones (part of the "running away from the tiger") that cause a rise in the blood glucose.

Also, if your body senses no food, it's likely to start breaking down fat. You get that energy from that fat breakdown.

As a Type 1, when I would go jogging, sometimes I'd have to give myself a unit of insulin to fight off that increase (starting at 100 mg/dl, and after jogging just one mile, I'd be at 170 mg/dl, before I'd dip back down again).