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Diabetes and blood sugar (answer soon please?)

Fri, 04/02/2010 - 1:27am — Kid Icarus

Sorry left my notes at home and this doesn't come up on google reliably.

In Fitness The Complete Guide, its recommended that you dont train if blood sugar levels are below... what reading?

I hope this gets answered by this afternoon.

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Fri, 04/02/2010 - 3:15am — Nick Hinde

link

Is this any use to you?

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/exercise-for-diabetics.html

I would have thought that the answer to your question will depend on the type of diabetes, the type of exercise to be undertaken, and the individual.

The diabetics I have known have all had their own individual guidelines and requirements.

Nick

(that's an 8am answer over here on GMT+1 ... but I think you might be 7 (?) hours ahead, so sorry if it's mid-afternoon already)...

Fri, 04/02/2010 - 4:57am — mike tanis
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diabetes

according to "Fitness the complete guide" Exercise is contraindiated for individuals with poor blood sugar control (i.e. their fasting blood sugar levels esxceed 250mg/dl)
Available clinical data suggest that it is safe to exercise if a diabetic's blood sugar level is between 100 and 250 mg/dl.

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Fri, 04/02/2010 - 8:26am — Nick Hinde

consistent

100mg/dl ... same as the diabetes.co.uk

N.

Fri, 04/02/2010 - 2:56pm — Todd Wilson
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To echo Mike.... get control

To echo Mike.... get control of your blood sugar is the first step. Learn to manipulate it to the point where you are getting consistent/desirable reading throughout the the day.

Otherwise, you need to be supervised during exercise.

Doing cardiac rehab in grad school, if we didn't monitor blood sugar closely on diabetics, they would drop in a heart beat, it's difficult to determine fatigue and low blood sugar some times. Often momentarily fixing the problem is as simple as drinking some orange juice or apple juice, but you don't want to live like that..... get the sugar under control and life is a lot easier.