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<blockquote data-quote="Safi" data-source="post: 965217" data-attributes="member: 162276"><p>I came across a couple of mentions in this Lada thread <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/is-lada-hereditary.84699/" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/is-lada-hereditary.84699/</a> about how taxing the brain can drop blood sugars & thought they <em>might</em> be relevant to your current situation</p><p></p><p>This comment from Johnski</p><p><a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/goto/post?id=963079#post-963079" target="_blank">↑</a></p><p></p><p>It may sound strange, but there is another way sugar/glucose is burnt up and can lead you to hoping Hypo, that is using your Brain. This is proved and a medical fact but many Diabetic a Clinics and consultants never mention this. I do about 8 hours a day of computer work, reconstructing hard drives to get back lost information for Companies and Police cases, also when writing programs or looking for faulty code, this can burn up to 5.0 off my blood meter test and as my aim is 6.5 you can see how hypos can happen, as some days I don't do any a Computer work, just doing a normal day out and about I have to use a different pattern on my Insulin pump, altering both the background Insulin, Basal and alter my Bolus intake with food. It's the only way to keep within my permitted targets and prevent hypos which I use to get a lot more of each day. I've been on Insulin for over 50 years, and back then the brain wasn't considered as burning up energy, but it does, and can cause Hypos without people knowing why, if you do sport or any activity you know you will burn up more, when you are ill or have infections your blood sugar goes up, so why it was t realised that the brain working hard solving problems etc will obviously make a difference. I don't think or know if you use up calories, but it certainly affects blood sugars if used more than for light everyday things. One reason (not proved) I think that the stress of taking exams at school and Uni are sometimes responsible for diabetics needing to take some carbohydrate to keep their sugars up. My Consultant now says this has all been proved and can be shown on ward as a day patient if you burn higher than normal. I presume in layman terms you run,you burn up energy, so what feeds the brain? Just the same evidently. This is not of course the medical description but written, I hope, to be understandable. In my pump I only use quick acting Insulin, I was surprised as were people at the clinic with a pump user using long acting insulins such as Insultard as mentioned among others earlier, the whole idea of a pump is to prevent hypos and keep controlled generally for more problem or serious hypo people, long acting insulin couldn't work, as your Bolus is to match the food consumed, and Basal to keep your background level if you didn't bother to eat. How would you make long acting work properly pumping it in hourly?</p><p></p><p>& this one from Bluemarine Josephine</p><p></p><p>Hello Johnski,</p><p>You are ever so right and actually, my endo has warned me about this (because I work in a mentally strenuous field.)</p><p></p><p>Mentally active people or people who are, in generally, occupied in mentally active fields are more prone to lower blood sugar levels. Although the brain is an organ per se, in the field of neuroscience it is considered a muscle because it is basically tissue — like muscle — that can be called to action for any purpose. (it is for this reason that I.Q. is not strictly fixed but, can be raised through Brain fitness programs – fascinating, isn’t it!)</p><p></p><p>The brain continuously slurps up huge amounts of energy for an organ of its size.</p><p></p><p>Energy travels to the brain via blood vessels in the form of glucose, which is transported across the blood-brain barrier. When there is strenuous mental exercise, the local capillaries dilate to deliver more blood than usual, along with extra glucose and oxygen.</p><p></p><p>It is exactly like any other muscle exercise and, should probably be considered and treated as such.</p><p>A treadmill workout for the brain.</p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p>Josephine.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Are you testing when you're feeling tired?</p><p></p><p>safi</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Safi, post: 965217, member: 162276"] I came across a couple of mentions in this Lada thread [URL]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/is-lada-hereditary.84699/[/URL] about how taxing the brain can drop blood sugars & thought they [I]might[/I] be relevant to your current situation This comment from Johnski [URL='http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/goto/post?id=963079#post-963079']↑[/URL] It may sound strange, but there is another way sugar/glucose is burnt up and can lead you to hoping Hypo, that is using your Brain. This is proved and a medical fact but many Diabetic a Clinics and consultants never mention this. I do about 8 hours a day of computer work, reconstructing hard drives to get back lost information for Companies and Police cases, also when writing programs or looking for faulty code, this can burn up to 5.0 off my blood meter test and as my aim is 6.5 you can see how hypos can happen, as some days I don't do any a Computer work, just doing a normal day out and about I have to use a different pattern on my Insulin pump, altering both the background Insulin, Basal and alter my Bolus intake with food. It's the only way to keep within my permitted targets and prevent hypos which I use to get a lot more of each day. I've been on Insulin for over 50 years, and back then the brain wasn't considered as burning up energy, but it does, and can cause Hypos without people knowing why, if you do sport or any activity you know you will burn up more, when you are ill or have infections your blood sugar goes up, so why it was t realised that the brain working hard solving problems etc will obviously make a difference. I don't think or know if you use up calories, but it certainly affects blood sugars if used more than for light everyday things. One reason (not proved) I think that the stress of taking exams at school and Uni are sometimes responsible for diabetics needing to take some carbohydrate to keep their sugars up. My Consultant now says this has all been proved and can be shown on ward as a day patient if you burn higher than normal. I presume in layman terms you run,you burn up energy, so what feeds the brain? Just the same evidently. This is not of course the medical description but written, I hope, to be understandable. In my pump I only use quick acting Insulin, I was surprised as were people at the clinic with a pump user using long acting insulins such as Insultard as mentioned among others earlier, the whole idea of a pump is to prevent hypos and keep controlled generally for more problem or serious hypo people, long acting insulin couldn't work, as your Bolus is to match the food consumed, and Basal to keep your background level if you didn't bother to eat. How would you make long acting work properly pumping it in hourly? & this one from Bluemarine Josephine Hello Johnski, You are ever so right and actually, my endo has warned me about this (because I work in a mentally strenuous field.) Mentally active people or people who are, in generally, occupied in mentally active fields are more prone to lower blood sugar levels. Although the brain is an organ per se, in the field of neuroscience it is considered a muscle because it is basically tissue — like muscle — that can be called to action for any purpose. (it is for this reason that I.Q. is not strictly fixed but, can be raised through Brain fitness programs – fascinating, isn’t it!) The brain continuously slurps up huge amounts of energy for an organ of its size. Energy travels to the brain via blood vessels in the form of glucose, which is transported across the blood-brain barrier. When there is strenuous mental exercise, the local capillaries dilate to deliver more blood than usual, along with extra glucose and oxygen. It is exactly like any other muscle exercise and, should probably be considered and treated as such. A treadmill workout for the brain. Regards Josephine. Are you testing when you're feeling tired? safi [/QUOTE]
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