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I quite possibly did. I was assuming that you adjusted both carb intake and insulin.

I think that comment was directed to Bobbybrown111 (probably not the singer, but you never know I suppose). However, I have been in the fitness industry for a quarter of a century. As for qualifications, I am a Level 3 Personal Trainer and Level 3 Exercise Referral Coach. In addition, I am...

To clarify, as stated in the original post, it was an attempt to address the concerns of having rising blood glucose levels during high intensity exercise. In this context, the muscles are using large amounts of glucose, the fight or flight response kicks in (to cut a long story short), and the...

If anyone is thinking about starting to exercise, but also wondering about raised blood glucose levels during exercise, I hope this will be of some use. I’ll start by saying that this rise is a perfectly normal response to the stimulus of the extra activity. This is because hard exercise will...

I'm glad it's been of some use.

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say.

I remember seeing Michael Mosely demonstrating a “simple” exercise protocol for blood glucose management years ago, where “all you had to do” were, from memory, 3 x 30 second max effort bike sprints at 3 minutes rest between. At the time I wished him the best of luck convincing people to...

Asking for some real world guidance is a reasonable request, but one that in my experience does seem to be beyond the relevant authorities. This applies to a range of conditions, although there does seem to be a glimmer of hope that things may be moving in the right direction. With glucose and...

I can picture your dad and his mate setting off speed cameras were they out now :) There's definitely a genetic link for speed, the ACTN3 gene is known as the speed or sprinter gene, it helps fast twitch muscle fibres twitch even faster, leaving Wile E Coyote in your wake. Richard

As a diabetic exercise trainer. Food and exercise are doubly important to managing with T2. Just being nosey, I would like to know how much importance is placed on dietary recommendations. Do you give advice, cos of having been trained in diabetes nutrition? For nutrition, I can only speak...

Hi Resurgam, 10 minute self paced walks have indeed been demonstrated to lower blood glucose levels, there was a University of Otago from 2016 study showing just that result, even compared to a single 30 minute walk. There have also been studies on high intensity training lowering blood...

Hello there, The glucose replenishment suggestion was in response to Antje's question about his levels dropping, I had part of my response moderated (not for inappropriate comments I hasten to add, but house rules about links), which added more context to my answer, as Antje seems a very active...

In addition to this, I'd mentioned a recent study looking at cold water swimming and blood glucose levels. I didn't post a link as I'd not made enough posts to do so, but the comment was moderated as I hadn't posted a link. The joys of newbie posting :) If you search for news medical dot net...

Hello there, I wouldn't dream of giving advice about Insulin, as it's most definitely not my place to do so; I'm sure it would come under giving medical advice. As a result, I gave what advice I could under those constraints. Coincidentally enough, on Tuesday, the day after I posted the reply...

Hi Ellie, I can't post links, but if you look at Open Water Swimming and their Gel Packs in Open Water Swimming article, that's the carb combo they looked at, a 2:1 ratio of glucose to fructose. I included that statement as it was the research they looked at, not as something written in stone...

Hi Antje. Yep, most of the clients I see are either Type 2 or Pre-Diabetic. In fact, I can only thing of 3 Type 1s that I have seen in about a decade. With regards to your specific query, as with all fitness questions, the answer begins with "it depends". In this case, it depends on what an...

Hello everyone, my name's Richard and although I don't have Diabetes or Pre-diabetes, I'm an Exercise Referral Coach for a local authority and Diabetes Management is one of my specialist qualifications. I'm looking to increase the appeal of exercise and lifestyle changes as tools to deal with...