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<blockquote data-quote="SophiaW" data-source="post: 284294" data-attributes="member: 13451"><p>I'd like to see an app that can suggest how many grams of carbs are necessary to cover different intensities and durations of exercise. In the book Pumping Insulin there is a table that gives a rough guide to how many grams of carbs are necessary per 100lb, 150lb and 200lb of body weight per hour of activity. It then lists lots of different activities e.g. cycling (with different speed choices), dancing, walking, running etc. Next to each of those activity types is a column for the three different body weights and within each of those columns it suggests how many carbs are needed for an hour of that type of exercise. Obviously this is a guide and each person will be a little different but it's a good starting point for a suggestion of what to eat. If it was possible to customise the app by adjusting the suggested amount based on testing and experience of the user then that would be even better. For example, the chart suggests 15g of carbs for my chosen activity, I eat that and do the exercise and discover that actually I only needed 10g of carbs, I then have the option to edit the suggested amount and it's remembered for next time. If this could be turned into an app where you enter your body weight, select your activity type and duration and then the app suggests the amount of carbs you need to eat. I'm assuming this type of app is going to be more useful to type 1's or those on insulin so not necessarily an app for all diabetics but one I'd find useful particularly for children to use. If my daughter is at school and PE this lesson involves running for 20 minutes it would make it easy for her to work out how much carb she needs to cover that. Right now she has to guess and sometimes she'll get it wrong because she lacks the experience and knowledge to work it out accurately herself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SophiaW, post: 284294, member: 13451"] I'd like to see an app that can suggest how many grams of carbs are necessary to cover different intensities and durations of exercise. In the book Pumping Insulin there is a table that gives a rough guide to how many grams of carbs are necessary per 100lb, 150lb and 200lb of body weight per hour of activity. It then lists lots of different activities e.g. cycling (with different speed choices), dancing, walking, running etc. Next to each of those activity types is a column for the three different body weights and within each of those columns it suggests how many carbs are needed for an hour of that type of exercise. Obviously this is a guide and each person will be a little different but it's a good starting point for a suggestion of what to eat. If it was possible to customise the app by adjusting the suggested amount based on testing and experience of the user then that would be even better. For example, the chart suggests 15g of carbs for my chosen activity, I eat that and do the exercise and discover that actually I only needed 10g of carbs, I then have the option to edit the suggested amount and it's remembered for next time. If this could be turned into an app where you enter your body weight, select your activity type and duration and then the app suggests the amount of carbs you need to eat. I'm assuming this type of app is going to be more useful to type 1's or those on insulin so not necessarily an app for all diabetics but one I'd find useful particularly for children to use. If my daughter is at school and PE this lesson involves running for 20 minutes it would make it easy for her to work out how much carb she needs to cover that. Right now she has to guess and sometimes she'll get it wrong because she lacks the experience and knowledge to work it out accurately herself. [/QUOTE]
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