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Am I abusing my liver?

ElyDave

ElyDave

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Bet that got your attention?

I don't mean in that way. Teh example is, this evening's run.

Pre - 5.4 - had a small snack as I knew i still had a bit of novorapid circulating
5km point 4.8, no action taken
9km end of run 4.5, no action taken

So am I abusing my liver by assuming it wil bounce back as it did this evening to a pre-dinner reading an hour later of 6.5 ?

Or am I just letting it do what it should naturally be doing?
 
You are not at all abusing your liver. You're attention is only drawn to it by the fact that you measure your BGs. You can guarantee that non-diabetics' liver will produce glucose after, or during, strenuous exercise.

Most non-diabetics that go running, or play team sports, don't have sugar before or after exercise because their liver can take care of that. It's completely natural.

You should have a liver test as part of your regular review. If that comes back fine, then everything is tickedy-boo!
 
That's awesome ElyDave!
You're running at an endurance pace that is allowing your liver output to keep up with your body's energy needs without having to top up.
After you finished, your liver kicked out a bit more glucose, which raised you a couple of points. Perfect!

I am guessing that you had to reduce your mealtime basal that evening?
Just out of interest, did you find that you had a 'deficit' - that is how many 'free carbs' did you consume? (if that makes sense).

My husband and I went out for a 60km cycle over the weekend (he has T1D). He's on CGM, so it's far easier to keep tabs on BG levels. He can pretty much guarantee now that if he doesn't consume 60g/hr of carbs he will have a 'deficit' that he will have to make up once he's finished. Just wondering if you found the same.
 
Bebo,
I'm finding that my needs are variable depending on conditions. A nice steady paced ride in light winds can be as little as 30-40g/hr, but throw in a Fenland gale and it can easily reach 60g/hr or more.

Running is similar, last long run I did was a 45g breakfast with reduced basal and bolus, then 70g intake over 21km (about 35g/hr) with 25g immediate post run.

I then had a normal lunch with a slightly reduced bolus and a post exercise drop, which needed a 30g hit to recover.

I've got a afair history of endurance sport and have been working over the last few years to train the fat burning metabolism as well as it is much more efficient, and also because you can't ingest carbs quick enough to supply all your energy needs. I'm just starting to get the hang of it again now with injected insulin involved as well (probabaly fatal last words)
 
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