ReviewScientifica2016
Exercising Tactically for Taming Postmeal Glucose Surges.
Review in Scientifica, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- After Dinner Rest a While, After Supper Walk a Mile? A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis on the Acute Postprandial Glycemic Response to Exercise Before and After Meal Ingestion in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Impaired Glucose Tolerance.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Acute effects of pre-exercise high and low glycaemic index meals and exercise timings on substrate metabolism and appetite in postmenopausal women.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Trial
- Positive impact of a 10-min walk immediately after glucose intake on postprandial glucose levels.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- The impact of an acute high polyphenol, high fiber meal with and without aerobic exercise on metabolism in middle-aged and older adults: A pilot study.Physiological reports · 2025Trial
- Acute effects of whole body vibration exercise on post-load glucose metabolism in healthy men: a pilot randomized crossover trial.Endocrine · 2022Trial
- The Effect of Different Postprandial Exercise Types on Glucose Response to Breakfast in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Exercise and physical activity interventions in type 2 diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Postmeal walking reduces nighttime central SBP and increases nocturnal dipping of SBP in healthy, physically inactive young women.Journal of hypertension · 2025Article
- One minute of stair climbing and descending reduces postprandial insulin and glucose with 3-min improving insulin resistance following a mixed meal in young adults: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2024Article
- Exercise Prescription for Postprandial Glycemic Management.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Manipulation of Post-Prandial Hyperglycaemia in Type 2 Diabetes: An Update for Practitioners.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024Review
- Walking Attenuates Postprandial Glycemic Response: What Else Can We Do without Leaving Home or the Office?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Effects of Postprandial Walking on the Glucose Response after Meals with Different Characteristics.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Effects of exercise before and/or after a mixed lunch on postprandial metabolic responses in healthy male individuals.European journal of nutrition · 2021Article
- Optimizing Postprandial Glucose Management in Adults With Insulin-Requiring Diabetes: Report and Recommendations.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2019Article
- Impact of post-meal and one-time daily exercise in patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized crossover study.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2017Article
- Preventing exercise-induced hypoglycaemia in insulin-dependent diabetes.Diabetologia · 2016Article
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Abstract
This review seeks to synthesize data on the timing, intensity, and duration of exercise found scattered over some 39 studies spanning 3+ decades into optimal exercise conditions for controlling postmeal glucose surges. The results show that a light aerobic exercise for 60 min or moderate activity for 20-30 min starting 30 min after meal can efficiently blunt the glucose surge, with minimal risk of hypoglycemia. Exercising at other times could lead to glucose elevation caused by counterregulation. Adding a short bout of resistance exercise of moderate intensity (60%-80% VO2max) to the aerobic activity, 2 or 3 times a week as recommended by the current guidelines, may also help with the lowering of glucose surges. On the other hand, high-intensity exercise (>80% VO2max) causes wide glucose fluctuations and its feasibility and efficacy for glucose regulation remain to be ascertained. Promoting the kind of physical activity that best counters postmeal hyperglycemia is crucial because hundreds of millions of diabetes patients living in developing countries and in the pockets of poverty in the West must do without medicines, supplies, and special diets. Physical activity is the one tool they may readily utilize to tame postmeal glucose surges. Exercising in this manner does not violate any of the current guidelines, which encourage exercise any time.
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