The Claim
The timing of resistance exercise (morning versus afternoon) has no significant effect on post-exercise glucose levels in adults with type 1 diabetes when feeding status is held constant, as measured by mean glucose, time in range, and time above range.
What the research says
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In adults with type 1 diabetes, exercising in the morning or afternoon does not change blood glucose levels after exercise when meals are controlled.
See the scientific wording
The timing of resistance exercise (morning vs. afternoon) alone does not significantly affect post-exercise glucose levels in adults with type 1 diabetes when feeding status is held constant, as evidenced by no difference between morning-fed and afternoon-fed conditions in mean glucose, time in range, or time above range.
When a person eats before exercising, insulin levels rise and muscle contractions happen together. This causes muscle cells to pull more glucose from the blood, while the liver stops making new glucose. The result is that blood sugar stays steady after exercise, no matter if it happens in the morning or afternoon.
What the research says
1 studyThe study directly compared morning-fed and afternoon-fed conditions, finding no statistically significant differences in any glucose metric. This isolates feeding status as the key variable and refutes the hypothesis that time of day independently influences glucose.
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