Interesting. In German, there is this word "Verdauungsspaziergang", literally "digestion walk", not very common anymore.

Thank you for driving this point home! Everyone thinks I am nuts because I go for walks after large meals and keep telling people, "This is how I keep my blood sugar in balance"

Growing up,I recall that every evening, weather permitting of course, after we ate dinner we always went for a family walk. As a kid, just seemed like it was family time but I do recall that that was a built-in activity that we did and it was just common practice pretty much for everyone back then. My grandma called it "letting your food settle." I miss her. All of my grandparents lived to upper 80s and 90s and my great-grandmother 113. 🥰

One way I control my blood sugar is simply by eating no sugar. Keto and intermittent fasting has helped me tremendously! I appreciate your truth, Mike!

I've been doing it for 15 months straight now and it is certainly a brilliant method of reducing bloating, inflammation, blood sugar, and fatigue

The Mediterraneans I knew would often take a walk after a meal with friends. It was casual and relaxed and part of a natural life style.

The reason I clicked on this because I had a feeling it would be walking. 👍🏼

I have gestational diabetes, and I have been using 20lb dumbbells to do squats if I have a high carb meal. I just do a couple sets and my glucose drops like 20 points. But walking sounds nice too when weather is better

I can vouch for this! Been advising my patients this advice and on an average, their HbA1c levels reduced by 1.5-2%

Mike, please do a video about the Twitter files and suppression of doctors regarding cvd.

So true. Just took a 1 mile walk after lunch and checked 2 hours later with a scan on my CGM. Sure enough could see that my sugar level came down nicely not long after my walk. Just gotta get my butt out the door in the winter here after meals! Thx for the encouragement to do it tho!!

At Christmas my blood sugar was amazing which seems absolutely insane. I am keto carnivore and I made some christmas treats that don't raise my blood sugar. What I also noticed that my blood sugar was going down because I was spending a lot of time cooking/baking for Christmas. So it makes sense that walking after a meal would lower your blood sugar. I'm so excited to get the results of my HBa1C.

Great info ! I do walk twice a day but now for sure after my meals ! I will also order the glucose meter y track and will post in the future my takeaway on it 💪🏼💪🏼

Thank you for this info, great job!

Great information, Mike.

Please interview Glucose Goddess. She has great tips to prevent insulin spikes. Also we can do soleus lifts if you can't leave the table or get out for a walk.

post meal exercise burns glucose already stored in muscle and thus makes room for post meal glucose being produced rather then being stored as fat. makes sense.

I've always Felt better walking after large meals,i thought Of them as digestion walks though. its nice to see there's even more benefit than I was aware of :)

Good vid, as usual, Mike. 5:10 Just one thing; you say, "we'lll catch you in a future one, down the road." I'm north of you, so it will be 'up the road," provided you're pointing in the right direction to begin with.

I've deliberately been walking a few minutes after each meal. I think I heard it from you. I walk throughout the day anyway. I'm carnavore too.

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Thank you !

I’ve been doing this for a few weeks now and it always lowers my blood sugar significantly. I walk about 25 minutes but it may be you don’t even need to walk that long to get the benefits.

I jump on my rebounder, sometimes run up and down the stairs

I would like to see you do a video on the benefits of using a vibration plate machine.

I just tested my blood sugar an hour after I ate and it was 126. I then walked 1/4 mile on my treadmill, did 25 squats on my Total Gym and then did 5 minutes on my Teeter Free step for 5 minutes. I tested again and my blood sugar had come down 20 points.

It lowers after my walk but rebounds back up once the walk is over

Have a diabetics friend who uses this as a way to stay after meds.

Thank you so much for the info! Does climbing the stairs up and down post meal also help lower the blood sugar level like walking? Thank you!

Thank you

Anything that lowers insuline response. Glucose level does not always indicate a low level of insuline. Some hacks spike insuline to get low glucose. Walking however make muscle use glucose instead of the insuline spikes.

I haven't even watched the video yet but I hope you're going to suggest exercise, even light exercise. I'm off all diabetes meds and it's as simple as picking up some 5 lb dumbbells after I eat. Gotta use the sugar and muscles use lots of it. Walking. I wear a dexcom and I have lowered my blood sugar 10 points in 10 minutes of walking. I am kind of an extreme case and it may indeed be something medical in my case, but if food gives me all this excess energy, idk about any other diabetics, but it feels kinda panicky and hyper energy. Use it. It will drop so much faster than just sitting there being anxious as the sugar works it's way through. I have legit ADHD but sometimes the bouncy legs and rocking body are enough to get my blood sugar down. Yes this is dangerous tbh and I have to be careful not to go anywhere without sugar because the lows don't feel any better than the highs, worse in fact. 🙄 -she says, hoping not to vom currently.

I do intermittent fasting and I am on my feet all day. After I eat there will be no brisk walking, I will let my body deal with taking in nutrition.

Or two 15 minute walks and 15 minute bop around the kitchen!🥳🎵

i just go and hit the heavy bag for 10 mins or do some work around the house

Hey Mike, I started wearing a CGM and shockingly learned yesterday that after I ate a high carb meal, I walked 45 min and it took my bs down to baseline but right after I finished that walk, it started spiking back up again 😩 why do u think this is? Also, I notice that after I eat carbs, my sugars don’t spike until the 3rd and 4th hour while the textbooks tell everyone to test at 2nd hour post meal. HELP! 😢❗️😢😢

Not seeing glucose monitor on website.....only ketone monitor Can u help?

Please would you comment on this. My glucose level drops a lot after a 12 minute walk, but then will rise again over the next 2 or 3 hours. This is without eating any more.

This is somewhat different from what I have always been told, due to digestive issues. "Don't move too much after a meal because it will move the blood away from the stomach and into the limbs (or elsewhere) and that will inhibit good digestion." Is this theory debunked?

How brisk? We have deep snow, and icy in spots… so difficult to walk easily with a good stride for 7 months of the year.

Its true I checked before it works

Can you please explain GTI

Forgive my ignorance, but when would be the best time to take the walk in munutes?

Just like pantera said respect walk! Oh yeah

Mike can you please expand on how many minutes after you eat you should start walking. I have seen different research suggest different timing. Thanks for all your excellent videos.

What about riding a spin bike?

How bout drinking some Metamucil before your meal and walk after 🤷🏽‍♂️

Question for everyone: what is the percentage decrease of your blood glucose when you go on a post-meal walk vs not???

Walking must be distributed across the day instead of doing it all at once and sitting at one place

Will a rower provide the same benefit if the weather is miserable outside.?

Is a leisurely walk helpful or does it have to be brisk? Thanks for the tips.

I ALWAYS walk about 2 hours after a meal, like a religion, I also have CKD

After a meal at what time can we walk

What about riding a bicycle. Alittle bit every day?

Is this a salea pitch for BioCoach? Because you can buy a meter at Walmart for $10 and 100 test strips for $20.

Isn't that immediately after meal????

is there a chance that this could be missing the forrest for the trees? post meal your body has a job to digest food, and walking will take resources away from digestion. is blood sugar the right metric to be optimizing?

Stop eating carbohydrates first the walk after every meal

How do I implement 3 fifteen minute walks AFTER a meal, if I eat one, maybe two, meals per day? As a type 2 diabetic, eating carnivore-style, I still have the highest glucose readings first thing in the morning (Dawn Effect), even after almost three years.

Confused.... won't the walk just release Insulin, and THAT is what's lowering the blood sugar? If not, what specifically is causing the lowering of blood sugar in this case?

Stupid link for biocoach machine, don't want to to find it, and not interested is some program

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Is it true that the only way to lower insulin resistance is through the use of lifting weights? I use a treadmill at the gym while having a trainer with me and the trainer gives me the impression that walking doesn’t have the same benefits as lifting weights regarding insulin resistance. Maybe I am just confused

The Stan efferding ten min walks.

Can we replace walking with Air Dyne Bike 3x 15 mins/day?

Okay, I clicked your link. I usually just order one A1C from CVS, it comes with two tests, for $52.79, and if I read this correctly this one you advertise comes with 4 tests for $79.95? That's a pretty good deal, if they are accurate.

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How long after a meal roughly? Better to wait 10 mins or go immediately?

I like to eat a big plate of spaghetti and then go for a walk. When I get home I eat a candy bar and wash it down with a coke. What am I doing wrong?

So, this is pretty much a 5 min ad.

The best way to lower your blood sugar is to not eat anything, or failing that, to not eat any carbs.

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Walk yes. Better, don’t eat the freaking sugars and carbs to begin with. Lol. Then take the walk to continue fatty acid metabolism.

Too bad I have a job to not get fired from.

I mean it only makes sense that you leg should be moving . Just look at any normal human , half of our body is legs and ass . If you looked at a bird like an eagle with a huge wingspan but they just used there wings to hop around branches Im sure their would be huge health consequences. I tell myself ( get off your ass ! )

YESSS....THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IVE BEEN DOING.....THE WALKINGS AFTER MEALS AND INTERMITENT FASTING AND SINCE DAY ONE.....THE NUMBERS THAT WERE IN PRE DIABETIC RANGE JUST WENT DOWN SOOO FAST THANK GOD!..... MY ENERGY AND OVER ALL BETTER HEALTH WENT UP VERY FAST TOO ❤🕇 AND IM IN THE OBESE RANGE WORKING TO LOOSE THAT WEIGHT BUT FIRST I WANTED TO CONTROL MY BLOOD SUGAR AND IT WAS DONE SUPER FAST THANKS TO THESE 2 TOOLS......OH AND THE FASTING I DO IS....18/6..... SOMETIMES 16/8.....AND WHEN I HAD ONE DAY THAT U ATE MORE BECAUSE OF A REUNION THE NEXT DAY I DO OMAD AND PROBLEM SOLVED!