07/02/2022
The effectiveness of fitness
If you already know how to avoid blood sugar spikes and try to keep glucose levels from rising by adjusting your diet accordingly, scientists have good news for you. They found that when blood sugar levels are high, the ability to adapt to aerobic exercise is reduced.
The Joslin Diabetes Center, a research center that specializes in the study of diabetes, conducted a study on mice. Scientists raised their blood sugar levels (particularly with a "Western" diet rich in carbohydrates) and then observed how their bodies responded to physical activity.
It turned out that, in this case, there was not the same active formation of new blood vessels in the muscles - a process that usually accompanies muscle growth. Through these vessels, muscles are better supplied with oxygen during physical activity. This also contributes to increased endurance as a result of aerobic exercise.
Research has shown that normal glucose levels - without excess - are necessary for normal angiogenesis ("overgrowth" of blood vessels).
