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Exercise - Blood Sugar Control

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Hully118

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Hi all,

I need some desperate assistance with this..

I play football and have done every season for the past 20 years (since being diagnosed type 1) and this is the only thing that really plays havoc with my BS control. Pre season has just started and im feeling the effects from this over the last few days.

If I don't take sugar beforehand my sugars rise to around 16-20 and then hypo after a few hours and if I do (choc or sport lucozade) they also rise to 16-20 and hypo a few hours later.

How does anyone else keep sugars maintained during exercise or do most people find they go up and then come down again?

I can obviously take on some extra carbs afterwards to avoid the hypo but im sure the rise to 16-20 can't be good for me even if it is temp?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Paul
 
Nellie,

You a star!

As per the article it's once a week training and once a week match so I will trial these out over the next couple of weeks.

Many thanks
Paul
 
Have you tried eating something like porridge for breakfast?. Your body could be needing carbs for the exercise so is releasing stored carbs into the bloodstream which results in high bg.
takes alot of tweaking to get the levels right but once your there you should have learnt a shed load of knowledge about how your body reacts to different situations.
I couldn't run around with bgs that high. I can barely breath at anything above 10.
 
Hello Hully118,

Are you aware of the effects that competitive stress has on blood sugars?
If you find there's a big difference in blood sugar control between your non-competitive training
and your competitive matches, then the chances are your high sugars are mainly down to stress hormones.
You also need to bear in mind the effect that heart rate has on blood sugars during exercise. Exercising at above 80% of your maximum heart rate will tend to raise blood sugars.

Good luck,
timo.
Management of Competitive Athletes With Diabetes
 
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