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The effects of postprandial exercise and meal glycemic index on plasma glucose and glucoregulatory hormone responses after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

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AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00176.2023

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exercise; glycemic index; mixed meal test; postprandial hypoglycemia; Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

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Moderate intensity cycling shortly after meal intake does not increase the risk of postprandial hypoglycemia after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. A low glycemic index meal increases nadir glucose and reduces glucose excursions compared with a high glycemic index meal. Participants who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery had lower postexercise glucagon responses compared with controls.
Postprandial hypoglycemia is a complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), but the effects of postprandial exercise and meal glycemic index (GI) on postprandial glucose and glucoregulatory hormone responses are unknown. Ten RYGB-operated and 10 age and weight-matched unoperated women completed four test days in random order ingesting mixed meals with high GI (HGI, GI = 93) or low GI (LGI, GI = 54), but matched on energy and macronutrient content. Ten minutes after meal completion, participants rested or cycled for 30 min at 70% of maximum oxygen uptake (Vo(2max)). Blood was collected for 4 h. Postprandial exercise did not lower plasma nadir glucose in RYGB after HGI (HGI/rest 3.7 +/- 0.5 vs. HGI/Ex 4.1 +/- 0.4 mmol/L, P = 0.070). Replacing HGI with LGI meals raised glucose nadir in RYGB (LGI/rest 4.1 +/- 0.5 mmol/L, P = 0.034) and reduced glucose excursions (Delta peak-nadir) but less so in RYGB (-14% [95% CI: -27; -1]) compared with controls (-33% [-51; -14]). Insulin responses mirrored glucose concentrations. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) responses were greater in RYGB versus controls, and higher with HGI versus LGI. Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) responses were greater after HGI versus LGI in both groups. Postexercise glucagon responses were lower in RYGB than controls, and noradrenaline responses tended to be lower in RYGB, whereas adrenaline responses were similar between groups. In conclusion, moderate intensity cycling shortly after meal intake did not increase the risk of postprandial hypoglycemia after RYGB. The low GI meal increased nadir glucose and reduced glucose excursions compared with the high GI meal. RYGB participants had lower postexercise glucagon responses compared with controls.

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