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Thank you. I’ll take a look.

Nor me! [emoji23] I guess the bottom line is that I don’t care what category they fall into. They have loads of good stuff in them and as long as I watch the portion size, the carbs are fine for me and it’s better than eating a biscuit. [emoji23][emoji23]

Thank you. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. I’ve probably been over fuelling with carbs and am now experimenting with less carbs and more protein to fuel my rides, especially the low intensity ones. After all, I guess as long as I take in calories, my body will use them! Will see what...

Hi [emoji112] Thank you for your comments. I understand the potential pitfalls but I don’t have a diabetic diagnosis so the readings are entirely to help me identify what I could consider a reasonable level of carb intake to fuel both sedentary and exercise days so it’s really only the...

No collapsing - I don’t want to work that hard! I’m thinking that I could reduce my relative carb intake a little over my winter training to see what happens as the rides are much shorter. Thank you

I’m trialling a CGM device at the moment and it’s giving me some fascinating feedback. Yesterday I did my short ride (1 hour) about an hour after my no/low carb breakfast and the during and post ride results were very different to my post porridge ride earlier in the week. A gentle curve rather...

Thank you. ☺️ 80% of my riding is at endurance pace - 50-75% effort of maximum effort. The rest has to be more in order to maintain and develop fitness for events. During training and events over 90 minutes I take in some carbs every 40 mins or so. Restricting carbs ended in disaster...

I didn’t know that - thank you. ☺️ They also have 46g fat and 15g of protein per 100g so the spread of nutrients helps manage the carb content and adding healthy calories to your diet. I guess it depends how sensitive to carbs you are? . I’ll try different source to see if it makes a...

Interesting thank you! I guess it’s a given than controlling the quality of what you eat plays a big part and I’ve learned a lot about that. It’s a normal function of the body that you will produce more glucose in your blood when you eat or exercise - that is what is supposed to happen...

I would suggest eating nuts - they are relatively calorific for a small portion and are largely protein and fat. Cashew nuts in particular are really good. They are my go to snack since I cut out added sugar. [emoji4]

First question ….. I am a road cyclist and ride 3-4 times a week. I know that exercise is good for controlling diabetes risk but if the “secret” is to avoid big glucose spikes, most of my big spikes come during the exercise itself and so seems counter intuitive as it increases my average...

I’m trying to avoid a diabetes type 2 diagnosis for as long as possible through nutrition and exercise but I have some questions I haven’t been able to answer through my research which I’ll post as they come up and hopefully some of you lovely people may be able to help……..