Blood sugar. It's one of the rare areas in nutrition where everyone agrees: we should big avoid peaks and dips and aim for a steady curve. Spikes cause inflammation, accelerate aging and lead to type 2 diabetes. Crashes make us feel moody and tired and crave food we don’t need.
We can control our blood sugar through what and how we eat. But there’s something else affecting our blood sugar — physical activity.
Exercise has a profound effect on our blood sugar response, and in conjunction with your food choices, it will help you maintain a more even blood sugar level for a healthier life.
Jonathan speaks to Javier Gonzalez and Sarah Berry to find out how exercise affects our blood sugar response, how much exercise we need to benefit, and the effect exercising may have on our blood sugar, even while fasting:
Javier Gonzalez is an associate professor of Human Physiology at the University of Bath whose research focuses on understanding the interaction between diet and exercise.
Sarah Berry is one of the world's leading experts on human nutrition, who has personally run over 20 randomized clinical trials looking at how humans respond to different fats.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Introduction
00:51 - Quickfire questions
02:09 - Is a 30-minute walk as good as 30-minute cardio?
02:54 - What is blood sugar and why should we care about it?
04:28 - Blood sugar control throughout the day
07:11 - Why is it important to know about blood sugar?
08:31 - Blood sugar control
12:03 - How exercise affects blood sugar
14:03 - The power of fidgeting
16:04 - Effects of higher intensity exercise
16:55 - Lower intensity exercise vs higher intensity exercise
18:41 - Intermittent fasting and blood sugar
24:57 - Personalization
26:51 - What types of exercises can you do to control blood sugar?
29:36 - Cardio vs resistance training
34:59 - Blood fats & exercise
43:11 - 3 tips on leveraging exercise to control blood sugar and blood fats
44:13 - Summary
45:25 - Goodbyes
45:36 - Outro
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