Overview
Walking for 10-15 minutes immediately after a meal activates the GLUT4 transporters in muscle cells via contraction, bypassing the need for insulin. This significantly blunts the post-meal glucose spike.
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Uses muscles to soak up sugar without insulin.
Muscles have a "backdoor" for glucose uptake that opens during contraction (via GLUT4). By walking after eating, you use the glucose as fuel immediately rather than forcing the pancreas to secrete large amounts of insulin to store it.
This "flattening the curve" reduces the insulin load and prevents the subsequent energy crash.