Wednesday Wellness: Why the Nordic Walking Guy says don't eat like a teenager
Are you a Type II diabetic? You may have your blood sugar under control to the point where you enjoy full meals because you can zap the glucose with insulin injections. And then your A1c doesn't seem to end up being lower than you expect. It turns out "a person’s HbA1c correlates closely to his average blood glucose levels during the three hours after — not before — eating." That means "frequent between-meal rises can cause your HbA1c to go up."
To deal with that spike, work the diet so you don't eat too much of the kind of food that spikes your blood sugar quickly.Also, get moving. If I know my blood sugar is high an hour or so after a meal, I'll Nordic walk around the neighborhood, about 1 mile. Nordic walking accelerates the glucose burn because it transforms walking from primarily a lower body activity to a full-body activity. Involving the upper body activates more muscles that use glucose to function.
