Post-ride Sugar Level . . . ?

[Paul Kossa]

Does anyone know about what your blood sugar level should be after a workout? I though I read
somewhere that it should be near 100 dm/ml (or whatever the abrrieviation is). (If that's the case,
mine is often way too low!)

 

[Andy Coggan]

Normal fasting blood glucose is considered to be approximately 90 mg/100 mL. I would say that if
your blood glucose is routinely anything less than about 75 mg/100 mL at the very end of exercise,
you probably need to up your rate of carbohydrate intake - the usual recommendation is to ingest
45-60 g/h, but there can be significant interindividual differences in how much is needed to
maintain euglycemia.

So why are you checking your blood glucose level after exercise anyway? I would think that if you
had insulin-dependent diabetes, you wouldn't be asking this question.

Andy Coggan

"Paul Kossa" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know about what your blood sugar level should be after a workout? I though I read
> somewhere that it should be near 100 dm/ml (or whatever the abrrieviation is). (If that's the
> case, mine is often way too low!)

 

[Dr. Harry Johns]

You might find the following article helpful:

http://www.joslin.harvard.edu/education/library/lowbs_exercise.shtml

Harry

[email protected] (Paul Kossa) wrote in message
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> Does anyone know about what your blood sugar level should be after a workout? I though I read
> somewhere that it should be near 100 dm/ml (or whatever the abrrieviation is). (If that's the
> case, mine is often way too low!)