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Exercise and type 1 diabetes with Dr Michael Riddell

Inside Exercise

CHAPTER

The Effects of Insulin on Exercise Performance

High insulin after a meal puts the brakes on glucose production by the liver. It's also facilitating glucose disposal into exercising muscle, non-exercising muscle, maybe even fat cells. If exercise lasts longer than 30 minutes, they're going to likely need some carbohydrate. We have to consume that carbohydrate, or where our blood sugar becomes so low, we die.

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