Salwa Nabil Malhas on Instagram‎: "� أكلت؟ لا تجلس بلا حركة! حركة بسيطة بعد الوجبة قد تساعد جسمك على التعامل مع ارتفاع السكر بشكل أفضل. 🩸 تشير الأبحاث إلى أن تنشيط عضلة Soleus في الساق، إلى جانب الحركة الخفيفة بعد الأكل، يمكن أن يساهم في تحسين استجابة الجسم للغلوكوز ابدأ خلال ٣٠ دقيقة من نهاية الوجبة • رفع الكعبين وأنت واقف أو جالس، ٢٠–٣٠ تكرارًا • كرّرها بعد الوجبات الرئيسية"‎

Channel: Salwa Nabil Malhas
Description: The clip mixes a real but limited research finding about soleus exercises with exaggerated promises that blood sugar spikes will “disappear.”

Verdict: Some exercise can help blunt post-meal glucose, but the video badly overstates how much and how reliably.

Credibility score: 48/100 · 5 claims checked · 2 accurate, 0 misleading, 2 false, 1 unsupported.

Instagram · Salwa Nabil Malhas · Unknown · Sep 24, 2026

The clip mixes a real but limited research finding about soleus exercises with exaggerated promises that blood sugar spikes will “disappear.”

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False (94% confidence): Doing 20 toe raises after dinner will make blood sugar spikes disappear. Research on soleus push-ups found reductions in postprandial glucose compared with sitting, not elimination of spikes. Public-health guidance also supports post-meal movement as helpful, but not as an instant cure.
Accurate (83% confidence): The soleus muscle can use blood glucose as fuel during special calf exercises. The soleus-push-up research describes sustained soleus activity that increases oxidative metabolism and improves glucose regulation; it does not mean the soleus uses only blood sugar or never uses stored fuel.
False (96% confidence): The soleus muscle does not run on stored fuel and never gets tired. The research describes the soleus as unusually fatigue-resistant during specific activity, not as tireless or unable to use stored fuels. Muscle energy comes from multiple sources, including glycogen, glucose, and fats.
Accurate (90% confidence): Light movement after meals can help improve glucose control. The American Diabetes Association and related studies report that post-meal walking or interrupting sitting with activity can improve glycemic control.
Unsupported (74% confidence): Doing 20 repetitions after every meal is enough to control blood sugar for most people. Studies on soleus push-ups used specific protocols under controlled conditions; they do not establish that 20 reps after every meal works for most people in real-world settings.

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