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Shawn Baker in January 2020: good looks despite fasting glucose in the diabetic range.

The following text is an excerpt from an article published at the website of The New Neander’s Medical on December 26, 2020.

The table of content of the article "Draw a curve that shows desirable blood glucose levels during a day. A Test." published at the website of The New Neander's Medical on December 26, 2020.
The table of content of the article “Draw a curve that shows desirable blood glucose levels during a day. A Test.” published at the website of The New Neander’s Medical on December 26, 2020.
A snapshot of the page with "A Test of Physiological Literacy: Draw a curve that would show the proportions of time spent by Shawn Baker at different blood glucose levels."
Shawn Baker in January 2020: good looks despite fasting glucose in the diabetic range.
Is this the curve that describes Shawn Baker?

A short summary.

This article contains tests that should stimulate your thinking and make you better at understanding and managing blood glucose levels. The example used in the article describes blood glucose fluctuation in a group of athletes who consume between 45% and 65% of their calories as carbohydrates. But blood glucose may spike excessively also in athletes and sedentary people who follow a low carb diet.

Fluctuation of blood glucose in a group of recreational athletes.

In a recent study, Thomas et al., investigated flucutation of blood glucose in a group of recreational athletes. The study subjects, their training and other details are provided in the figures and tables below.

Subjects characteristics. In a recent study, Thomas et al., investigated fluctuation of blood glucose in a group of recreational athletes.
Subjects characteristics. In a recent study, Thomas et al., investigated fluctuation of blood glucose in a group of recreational athletes.
Average exercise time per day, calculated basic metabolic rate (BMR) and caloric requirements, reported caloric intakes of the study subjects. Source: Thomas et al.
Average exercise time per day, calculated basic metabolic rate (BMR) and caloric requirements, reported caloric intakes of the study subjects. Source: Thomas et al.

Continuous glucose monitoring data for the study subjects.

The 2-hour postprandial meal response is highlighted in red, and periods of exercise are highlighted in black.

Continuous glucose monitorinig data for the first 5 subjects. The 2-hour postprandial meal response is highlighted in red, and periods of exercise are highlighted in black. Source: Thomas et al.
Continuous glucose monitoring data for the first 5 subjects. The 2-hour postprandial meal response is highlighted in red, and periods of exercise are highlighted in black. Source: Thomas et al.highlighted in black. Source: Thomas et al.

Individual graphs of blood glucose for each athlete.

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