Comments on: Activity and Blood Sugar https://www.isegoria.net/2012/04/activity-and-blood-sugar/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Agnello https://www.isegoria.net/2012/04/activity-and-blood-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-483803 Agnello Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:12:51 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28606#comment-483803 The subjects, being Americans, were certainly eating carbohydrates. What the study would appear to document is the effect of irisin on carbohydrate metabolism and the activity threshold for natural production of this hormone in human biology.

]]> By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2012/04/activity-and-blood-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-483339 Ross Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:59:16 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28606#comment-483339 Well, one thing is clear — the subjects were having some (and knowing current medical research, significant) carbs in these meals. (I couldn’t find the article easily, only the abstract at PubMed.)

If they had been eating pure protein and fat, there wouldn’t be a spike after, under either condition.

One other thing, however, that does cause spikes in glucose (and in triglycerides inter alia) is cortisol. Cortisol, of course, in induced by stress of any kind.

It would be interesting to see if this study controlled for cortisol, or instead, did not even mention it. My money is the latter.

]]> By: Wobbly https://www.isegoria.net/2012/04/activity-and-blood-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-483134 Wobbly Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:30:17 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28606#comment-483134 “so any changes in blood sugar levels would not be a result of eating fattier or sweeter meals than before.”

Eating fat doesn’t spike blood sugar.

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