Timing of Exercise and Your Insulin Levels

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The timing of exercise may also play a big role in your body’s responses. For instance, you’re less likely to experience low blood sugars if you exercise before breakfast, especially before taking any insulin. At that time of day, you have only your basal insulin (the insulin that covers your body’s need for insulin at rest separate from food intake) on board, so your circulating levels will generally be low, but you usually have higher levels of cortisol, a hormone that increases your insulin resistance, to compensate.

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