sports

Hi you all, I'm a Diabetic for over 20 years now and I have always done lots of sports. Since using the FreeStyle Libre and getting it going with intense training sessions (Basketball), I can't help but notice that my sensors keep falling off. Some of them within a day after the initial...

Hi, I was diagnosed with type 1 at the end of September, so everything is still pretty new. I've run the half marathon distance once before (pre-diabetes) and am now training for my first HM race in April. I haven't had any problems with blood sugar levels during ~5K runs, but yesterday I went...

Hi All, I'm a Design Engineering student from Loughborough University developing a new product to store insulin supplies while travelling, specifically for users in extreme or remote environments. While the product will be aimed targeted at the extreme sports market, a tough and effective...

Any suggestions how to increase energy on a low carb diet please?

Hi all, I am a Type One diabetic and looking for some advice. I do Lindy Hop (1940s Dancing) twice a week and really enjoying it, but find I am not as fit as I used to be. I'm looking to reduce my weight by around a stone (I eat healthy) and tone up the top half of my body. Has anyone got any...

Hola everyone. This may be 'old news' to some (but I only just found out about it) so I thought I'd post this as it may help inspire people with type 1 diabetes (similarly to how I read a post about a pro-futsal player on the exercise/sports forum here). To cut a longer story short I was...

Hey folks Just come on board, and was diagnosed two weeks ago with Type 2. I'm Al, and I'm based close to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK. Thus far, I've been exceedingly disappointed with the support provided by my primary care surgery, and have pretty much been left to 'research on Google' and get...

Hi my name is Jason Milligan, I am a student at City of Glasgow College and i'm doing a project on diabetes in sport and I was hoping anyone on this site who has played sport would be willing to answer these questions for me. How much of an effect do you think diabetes has on sporting...

Hi all, im type 1 diabetic & after any advice out there. I'm quite active as i play football once a week & train twice a week. I also gym & swim at least twice a week. I am hoping to take part in a half marathon then eventually a full. I was just wondering if anyone trains long distance running...

I have read few posts about keeping bloods about 5. I understand that high bloods will cause problems. My question I do a lot of sport, from rugby to triathlons. I need to fuel right, not always carbs. I have a lot of gels on long runs and rides, which is sugar and other goodies. I know it...

HI My Names Darren age 44, i love running (about 10 mile a week max,) cylce perhaps once a week and swim once a week. this year started on insulin, prior to this i was treated with metformin, januvia, glimipiride, pioglizazone, however it no longer worked effectively. initially i went on...

Hello everyone! I am a university student living with type 1 ever since 1997 (i.e. don't really remember what life was before that). I have lived abroad in different countries for the past few years (I'm often "on the move" as well) and I am (have always been) a quite active person. I'd say...