BG levels and seasons

i always find dylan needs less insulin in the summer i assume its to do with the hotter weather and him sweating etc plus more running around outside as well

anna marie

Hi,

I have found that i need less insulin during the summer as well. I was told it had something to do with ow the sun interacts with the body and how it absorbs the insulin. Someone will come along and correct this or explain it better.

Josie

Yes seasons will effect blood glucose levels, easier to see with T1's as their insulin needs change some do have the opposite effect to the normal needing more when others need less etc..

It's probably a combinations of reasons behind it all..

But some of it will be down to activity levels and sheer tempretures.. People tend to be more not only more active but active for longer durning summer months than they are in winter!

I actually one of the other way around, my summer increases rather than decreases, but I think this is more to do with type of work I do, being a dog handler out in al weathers activity is pretty much the same full on, but when you are out in sub zero tempretures you use more engery to keep warm..

Another thing I found with this type of work, is that if I didnt have something hot at lunch time, bowl of soup etc I would be more prone to a hypo in the afternoon in winter than in I would in summer!

Come March/April and I always find I have to reduce my insulin, exercise is the same throughout the year so temperature must play a part here.

Nigel