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Metformin Blocks Benefits of Aerobic Exercise on Insulin Sensitivity and VO2 max
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<blockquote data-quote="Tad1979" data-source="post: 146904" data-attributes="member: 18964"><p>That’s not really how that works. Fasting and carb restriction help to REDUCE your insulin resistance, meaning your body doesn’t need to churn out as much for the same effect. Think of it like developing a tolerance to alcohol - if you chug constantly it takes more to feel drunk, but if you go a year without drinking you turn into a lightweight.</p><p></p><p>As for “prolonged insulin response” - with reactive hypoglycemia many people report becoming symptomatic about 2 hours after eating. It’s thought this is because their body doesn’t register to stop producing insulin and keeps producing a steady amount even though glucose levels have hit fasted levels.</p><p></p><p>I dealt with this a lot when I was younger. I was anorexic thin up until my mid 20s. The thickest part of my arms was my elbow and it was next to impossible for me to put on weight. Even after a meal, my glucose levels would sit around 60 mg/dL. This is low for someone in a fasted state, much less for someone with a recent meal. Most of the time the only thing I noticed were persistent headaches and minor tremors to my hands. But on the other hand, I needed to eat something small about every two hours or I got nauseaus, weak, clammy skin, and mental status changes that eventually would progress to loss of consciousness. It took quite a bit of time to figure out what was going on with me. I was eventually told that if I weren’t careful this would lead to type 2 diabetes because my body would develop insulin resistance. Dietary changes have allowed me to avoid that, but years later it’s really no surprise I’m having additional endocrine issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tad1979, post: 146904, member: 18964"] That’s not really how that works. Fasting and carb restriction help to REDUCE your insulin resistance, meaning your body doesn’t need to churn out as much for the same effect. Think of it like developing a tolerance to alcohol - if you chug constantly it takes more to feel drunk, but if you go a year without drinking you turn into a lightweight. As for “prolonged insulin response” - with reactive hypoglycemia many people report becoming symptomatic about 2 hours after eating. It’s thought this is because their body doesn’t register to stop producing insulin and keeps producing a steady amount even though glucose levels have hit fasted levels. I dealt with this a lot when I was younger. I was anorexic thin up until my mid 20s. The thickest part of my arms was my elbow and it was next to impossible for me to put on weight. Even after a meal, my glucose levels would sit around 60 mg/dL. This is low for someone in a fasted state, much less for someone with a recent meal. Most of the time the only thing I noticed were persistent headaches and minor tremors to my hands. But on the other hand, I needed to eat something small about every two hours or I got nauseaus, weak, clammy skin, and mental status changes that eventually would progress to loss of consciousness. It took quite a bit of time to figure out what was going on with me. I was eventually told that if I weren’t careful this would lead to type 2 diabetes because my body would develop insulin resistance. Dietary changes have allowed me to avoid that, but years later it’s really no surprise I’m having additional endocrine issues. [/QUOTE]
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