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Body Temperature
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harbottle
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I found this article by Ben Bikman:
www.levelshealth.com
How do blood sugar levels affect body temperature?
Dr. Ben Bikman describes how glucose levels impact our body temperature and how glucose spikes can lead to elevated temperature.
www.levelshealth.com
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harbottle
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This is a bit more academic:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Body temperature regulation in diabetes
The effects of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on the body's physiological response to thermal stress is a relatively new topic in research. Diabetes tends to place individuals at greater risk for heat-related illness during heat waves and physical activity ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Leadinglights
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Welcome to the forum.
High blood glucose can upset temperature regulation so so people find they will swing from hot to cold or more often feel hot.
If people then have low blood glucose as in being hypo then whether they feel hot or cold can be one of the symptoms.
Is this something you have all the time and do you test your blood glucose when it happens.
s'nic
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Increasing exercise during weight loss will help prevent / lessen a slowdown of the metabolism.
Any exercise from seated exercise to walking, dancing, gardening etc works. Basically any ongoing increase in daily activity.
Losing 22 kg in 6 months resulted in muscle loss. Despite walking an hour a day. It's very slow progress getting my press ups back up over 10 per set. Ben Bikman said of restoring muscle mass at 80 years old - forget it. I'd prefer to do 20-30. Any suggestions?
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Thank you for the replies. There's a lot of information to get through.
I have also been diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis and I take a biologic medication to suppress my immune system. I had to stop the meds while taking antibiotics for a mild chest infection a week ago. Maybe it's a mixture of all these things. My lowest recorded temperature was 34.6 but a hot brew, blankets and a hot water bottle brought my temperature back up slowly. The chest infection might explain the higher blood sugar readings also.
I have also been diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis and I take a biologic medication to suppress my immune system. I had to stop the meds while taking antibiotics for a mild chest infection a week ago. Maybe it's a mixture of all these things. My lowest recorded temperature was 34.6 but a hot brew, blankets and a hot water bottle brought my temperature back up slowly. The chest infection might explain the higher blood sugar readings also.
s'nic
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It was not specific to your situation due to me not knowing your health details. Many people are losing weight, and not all may be aware of the metabolism link, so I thought it may be useful to some folks reading 🙂
You are beating me, I lost 6.3kg in about 2.5 months. My health limits the exercise I can do, but I do as much as I can.
s'nic
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Ah, resistance exercises. Yes sites suggest both types - if I remember it said resistance on a few days of a week, I forget now.
*looks at my mini barbells* oops, have not been doing mine, I need to improve 😳
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