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<blockquote data-quote="Lynne C" data-source="post: 145210" data-attributes="member: 27355"><p>Hi Durwyn, you must take a cereal bar or some sweets or chocolate when you go out walking as your blood sugar can drop suddenly with walking. I keep Nature's Best bars in the pockets of all my jackets as I have also been caught out with a hypo when walking so prevention is best.</p><p></p><p>No hard and fast rule as far as how low your blood glucose can be for you to feel hypo, it varies from person to person and how well you control your BG. I can feel low at 3.0 some days but have been as low as 1.4 and been aware I needed lucozade, was quite lucid and able to sort myself out. You can only manage this by taking note of your BG when you start to feel low, but this will also vary from day to day and with the activity you are doing.</p><p></p><p>Walking can drop your blood glucose levels as it tends to be exercise over a prolonged period, hence the need to take sweets or something with you. I go running before I have had breakfast or any insulin and have never had a hypo or been low, in fact I run better if my blood glucose is low but running is under an hour whereas walking can take several or many hours.</p><p></p><p>Take care!</p><p></p><p>Lynne C</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lynne C, post: 145210, member: 27355"] Hi Durwyn, you must take a cereal bar or some sweets or chocolate when you go out walking as your blood sugar can drop suddenly with walking. I keep Nature's Best bars in the pockets of all my jackets as I have also been caught out with a hypo when walking so prevention is best. No hard and fast rule as far as how low your blood glucose can be for you to feel hypo, it varies from person to person and how well you control your BG. I can feel low at 3.0 some days but have been as low as 1.4 and been aware I needed lucozade, was quite lucid and able to sort myself out. You can only manage this by taking note of your BG when you start to feel low, but this will also vary from day to day and with the activity you are doing. Walking can drop your blood glucose levels as it tends to be exercise over a prolonged period, hence the need to take sweets or something with you. I go running before I have had breakfast or any insulin and have never had a hypo or been low, in fact I run better if my blood glucose is low but running is under an hour whereas walking can take several or many hours. Take care! Lynne C [/QUOTE]
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