Exercise and Type 1 Diabetes, Why Workouts Spike You and What Helps

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Your Best T1D Year

Neil Greathouse

115 episodes

1 day ago

Managing Type 1 Diabetes doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Each 5-minute episode of Your Best T1D Year is packed with practical strategies, mindset shifts, and a little humor to help you feel more in control and less frustrated by diabetes. Hosted by Neil Greathouse, this Monday, Wednesday, and Friday podcast delivers quick, relatable episodes that make learning about T1D effortless - so you can build small wins that lead to big changes. 📅 New episodes drop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 🎧 Subscribe now and start making diabetes management feel easier - one small habit at a time.

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Exercise and Type 1 Diabetes, Why Workouts Spike You and What Helps

Your Best T1D Year

6 minutes

1 month ago

Exercise and Type 1 Diabetes, Why Workouts Spike You and What Helps

Summary

Exercise helps in the long run, but stress hormones can spike you in the short term. We cover warm-ups, patience, timing, and tiny experiments that turn chaos into clarity. Keywords: exercise and T1D, workout spikes, cortisol, HIIT, pre-bolus, five minute reset.

What you’ll learn

Why high-intensity workouts can raise glucose before they lower it
Four practical resets… warm up, pause before correcting, pick timing, change one variable
How to keep moving without letting short-term spikes derail you

Try this today

Ease in for five minutes, then wait 15–20 minutes post-workout before any correction.

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Books on Amazon: Type 1 Diabetes - One Day at a Time or Type 1 Diabetes - True Stories