Randomize type 2 diabetics to a leisurely twenty-minute stroll (about 2 mph) before dinner or after dinner, and you can show that after-dinner walking can comparatively blunt blood sugar spikes by 30 percent.3279 Same meal, same amount of exercise, same intensity of exercise, but with a significant bonus effect on blood sugar control, thanks to a little tactical timing. Even just a ten-minute walk after a meal may make a difference.
