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Does exercising cause glucose levels to go up?
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No: Exercise usually lowers glucose levels.
Answered 3/11/2013
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It depends: Exercise generally lowers blood sugar, however, as blood sugar falls various reflexes and hormones are turned on to return the sugar to it's prior level. Therefore, depending upon how long after exercise you measure the glucose, it could have gone up modestly over the prior value.
Answered 3/13/2013
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