I wore a continuous glucose monitor for 2 weeks that allowed me to observe my glycaemic response to different foods, stressors and exercise in realtime. I’m not a (pre)diabetic. This was very insightful and I was a bit sad to pull it off after 2 weeks.

I'm a degen medical doctor (MD PhD MSc | Nuclear Radiologist and Clinical Researcher), front-end web developer and exercise fanatic (Crossfit | Hyrox).

What's the takeaway from stressors & exercise?

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Stress creates a cortisol, adrenaline and glucagon peak which stimulate glucose formation in the liver (gluconeogenesis) while inhibiting glucose utilization in the adipose tissue and skeletal muscle through insulin resistance. So you basically see glucose rise and taking a while to normalize.

Thanks for adding that last sentence! 😅