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Insulin and exercise

I recommend that you check out this Doctor here in Canada - http://www.yorku.ca/mriddell/

He has T1D himself and is a conducting a lot of research into exercise science at York University. You can find lots of his published journal articles that detail his findings and recommendations for how T1D should handle exercise and its effects on BG levels.

His findings pretty much say that if you are doing anything that is REALLY pushing your body you BG levels will rise. So this would mean things like intense lifting, sprinting intervals, HIIT, or whatever else thats really pushing your limits.

His papers are very reader friendly, i suggest that you read through a couple and maybe you'll find everything you need :)

EDIT - Actually this is probably the paper you should read and maybe take to your doctor lol
'Insulin Pump Therapy Is Associated with Less Post-Exercise Hyperglycemia than Multiple Daily Injections: An Observational Study of Physically Active Type 1 Diabetes Patients' - http://www.yorku.ca/mriddell/documents/MDIvsCSII.pdf
 
Diamattic said:
I recommend that you check out this Doctor here in Canada - http://www.yorku.ca/mriddell/

He has T1D himself and is a conducting a lot of research into exercise science at York University. You can find lots of his published journal articles that detail his findings and recommendations for how T1D should handle exercise and its effects on BG levels.

His findings pretty much say that if you are doing anything that is REALLY pushing your body you BG levels will rise. So this would mean things like intense lifting, sprinting intervals, HIIT, or whatever else thats really pushing your limits.

His papers are very reader friendly, i suggest that you read through a couple and maybe you'll find everything you need :)

EDIT - Actually this is probably the paper you should read and maybe take to your doctor lol
'Insulin Pump Therapy Is Associated with Less Post-Exercise Hyperglycemia than Multiple Daily Injections: An Observational Study of Physically Active Type 1 Diabetes Patients' - http://www.yorku.ca/mriddell/documents/MDIvsCSII.pdf
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Thanks! They keep talking about the pump and then not actually putting me on the waiting list.
 
Although the issue actually came up with my doctor regarding football. I believe I would have to disconnect a pump for this so I guess that brings its own issues.
 
Yes, you could look at what T1 athletes do, but bear in mind that many formerly great T1 athletes don't do so well in their 50s. If you want good long term results you need to look at those T1s capable of high levels of physical activity when past retirement age.
 
As a retired medical specialist with a Masters degree in Biostats, I would love to tell you about the inadequacies of the research referred to in this thread, but last time I commented on a study, I got sued for defamation by the researcher.
As my lawyers explained, truth is not a defence. I only have legal protection if I make my comments in an academic forum.
As Grasgruber, Godlee and others point out, you should be very sceptical, particularly of nutrition research.
Journalists here are writing of a crisis in the credibility of the softer sciences. So much research is failing the repeatability test.
 
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