diabeties?

I am just completely confused

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with no information.
Help!

Regards

Kent

You could start here : http://www.diabetes-exercise.org/index.asp

I'm diabetic but control it with diet and exercise, no need for insulin
yet (but I work hard to keep that from happening).
I highly recommend: 1) seeing a diabetic specialist and 2) get a copy of
"The Diabetic Athlete" by Sheri Goldberg
Diabetics can lead a full, wonderful life despite the diagnosis, however
ignoring or taking diabetes lightly can be devastating.

Eric

Thanks for that I shall get straight down the Library.

Kent
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I'm diabetic but control it with diet and exercise, no need for insulin
yet (but I work hard to keep that from happening).
I highly recommend: 1) seeing a diabetic specialist and 2) get a copy of
"The Diabetic Athlete" by Sheri Goldberg
Diabetics can lead a full, wonderful life despite the diagnosis, however
ignoring or taking diabetes lightly can be devastating.

Eric

Eric said:

I'm diabetic but control it with diet and exercise, no need for insulin
yet (but I work hard to keep that from happening).
I highly recommend:

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1) seeing a diabetic specialist and

With or without the specialist, keeping the numbers as normal as
possible should be your top priority. This means eliminating
rapid-absorbing carbs (cake, doughnuts, etc.) from the diet, except in
very small portions to treat low blood sugars. The calories can be
replaced with a combination of protiens, fats, and slower-absorbing
carbs.

Whatever amount of carbs you decide to eat should come from slower
digesting foods that don't spike the blood sugars. This is partly
determined by trial and error with the meter. For me, this means
better sources of carbs are vegetables, beans, and some fruits
(strawberries, apples, grapefruits, etc.).

If you cannot acheive normal blood sugars (<= 100 mg/dl fasting whole
blood glucose) by diet alone, you should insist on medications. If
the doctor refuses, get another one.

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2) get a copy of
"The Diabetic Athlete" by Sheri Goldberg

I've had type 1 diabetes for one year and have been doing triathlons
for 3 years and quite frankly, I do not find that book to be very
useful. The bottom line is that everyone who uses insulin must make
some adjustment or compensation when they exercise, be it eating
during exercise or injecting more or less insulin before or after.
About 80% of the book is just statistics telling how much so and so
adjusts thier insulin and carb intake and what sport they're involved
in. It makes for boring reading, and, in my opinion, many of them are
doing things that put their blood sugars higher than they need to be.

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Diabetics can lead a full, wonderful life despite the diagnosis, however
ignoring or taking diabetes lightly can be devastating.

Yes, but training for a half-ironman like I'm doing is a real pain in
the ass when the lights keep going dim from low blood sugars in the
20's and 30's. At least, I think I'm starting to get a handle on it
at this point.

Since you're diabetic and presumably not on any meds, your main
concerns should be avoiding high, not low blood sugars. These can be
caused by:

(1) too much carbs or too fast-acting carbs in a meal or snack.
(2) sickness
(3) adrenaline spikes from very short, high-intensity exercise

My blood sugar once went from 98 to 250 after running a hard 5k and
not using insulin before hand. The remedy I found for this problem
was simply to use extra insulin with a small meal before the race.

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Eric

Thanks Eric,
It is all new to me and as such I need as much info as poss. As I have been
informed I am an 'almost' diabetic I will cut down on the high sugar foods
but still use gels for races. It's just that I feel I am being asked to be
careful but without any knowledge. Anything I can read up upon may help me
to understand what lies ahead.
My main question is, I know my diet is '[censored]' for what I do, If I continue
on this path will my 'almost' become definite and also continue to type 2 if
I do nothing? If it is progressive can I slow it?

You points on the 5k run with the mg/dl I really don't know what they mean
so I have to find some information source, anything may help, your comments
I will start using immediatly. Thanks.

Kent
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Eric said:

I'm diabetic but control it with diet and exercise, no need for insulin
yet (but I work hard to keep that from happening).
I highly recommend:

Quoted message said:

1) seeing a diabetic specialist and

With or without the specialist, keeping the numbers as normal as
possible should be your top priority. This means eliminating
rapid-absorbing carbs (cake, doughnuts, etc.) from the diet, except in
very small portions to treat low blood sugars. The calories can be
replaced with a combination of protiens, fats, and slower-absorbing
carbs.

Whatever amount of carbs you decide to eat should come from slower
digesting foods that don't spike the blood sugars. This is partly
determined by trial and error with the meter. For me, this means
better sources of carbs are vegetables, beans, and some fruits
(strawberries, apples, grapefruits, etc.).

If you cannot acheive normal blood sugars (<= 100 mg/dl fasting whole
blood glucose) by diet alone, you should insist on medications. If
the doctor refuses, get another one.

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2) get a copy of
"The Diabetic Athlete" by Sheri Goldberg

I've had type 1 diabetes for one year and have been doing triathlons
for 3 years and quite frankly, I do not find that book to be very
useful. The bottom line is that everyone who uses insulin must make
some adjustment or compensation when they exercise, be it eating
during exercise or injecting more or less insulin before or after.
About 80% of the book is just statistics telling how much so and so
adjusts thier insulin and carb intake and what sport they're involved
in. It makes for boring reading, and, in my opinion, many of them are
doing things that put their blood sugars higher than they need to be.

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Diabetics can lead a full, wonderful life despite the diagnosis, however
ignoring or taking diabetes lightly can be devastating.

Yes, but training for a half-ironman like I'm doing is a real pain in
the ass when the lights keep going dim from low blood sugars in the
20's and 30's. At least, I think I'm starting to get a handle on it
at this point.

Since you're diabetic and presumably not on any meds, your main
concerns should be avoiding high, not low blood sugars. These can be
caused by:

(1) too much carbs or too fast-acting carbs in a meal or snack.
(2) sickness
(3) adrenaline spikes from very short, high-intensity exercise

My blood sugar once went from 98 to 250 after running a hard 5k and
not using insulin before hand. The remedy I found for this problem
was simply to use extra insulin with a small meal before the race.

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Eric

Kent said:

Thanks Eric,
It is all new to me and as such I need as much info as poss. As I have been
informed I am an 'almost' diabetic I will cut down on the high sugar foods
but still use gels for races. It's just that I feel I am being asked to be
careful but without any knowledge. Anything I can read up upon may help me
to understand what lies ahead.
My main question is, I know my diet is '[censored]' for what I do, If I continue
on this path will my 'almost' become definite and also continue to type 2 if
I do nothing? If it is progressive can I slow it?

With diet alone, the most agressive things you could do to prevent
high blood sugars would be to try something like the Bernstein,
Atkins, or South Beach diet (all low carb and/or low-GI):

www.diabetes-normalsugars.com

http://atkins.com/

www.southbeachdiet.com

The biggest downside to a low-carb diet for any athlete (and many
non-athletes as well), is that you simply may not have enough energy
to function. Another problem with the extremely aggressive low-carb
diets is that you find will find yourself counting out things like
almonds or tofu (which have a small fraction of carbs) or packs of
artificial sweeteners (because of the bit of dextrose used to bulk
them up).

When I first figured out I had diabetes, I controlled it by diet alone
- basically by eating no carbs except those in vegetables and tofu
and such. The immediate consequence of that was that I became about
10% slower in the pool and could not swim as far. Once I went on
insulin and started eating more carbs (but still less than when I was
healthy), my times and distances went back to normal and started to
improve gradually as they had before.

In the end, you'll have to figure it out by a trial and error process
(testing before and after eating and exercise to determine the
effects) and how aggressive you're willing to be in controlling blood
sugars.

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You points on the 5k run with the mg/dl I really don't know what they mean
so I have to find some information source, anything may help, your comments
I will start using immediatly. Thanks.

I believe the conversion factor from my numbers (mg/dl) to yours
(mmol/L) is 18, meaning you divide mine by 18.

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Kent
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Eric said:

I'm diabetic but control it with diet and exercise, no need for insulin
yet (but I work hard to keep that from happening).
I highly recommend:

Quoted message said:

1) seeing a diabetic specialist and

With or without the specialist, keeping the numbers as normal as
possible should be your top priority. This means eliminating
rapid-absorbing carbs (cake, doughnuts, etc.) from the diet, except in
very small portions to treat low blood sugars. The calories can be
replaced with a combination of protiens, fats, and slower-absorbing
carbs.

Whatever amount of carbs you decide to eat should come from slower
digesting foods that don't spike the blood sugars. This is partly
determined by trial and error with the meter. For me, this means
better sources of carbs are vegetables, beans, and some fruits
(strawberries, apples, grapefruits, etc.).

If you cannot acheive normal blood sugars (<= 100 mg/dl fasting whole
blood glucose) by diet alone, you should insist on medications. If
the doctor refuses, get another one.

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2) get a copy of
"The Diabetic Athlete" by Sheri Goldberg

I've had type 1 diabetes for one year and have been doing triathlons
for 3 years and quite frankly, I do not find that book to be very
useful. The bottom line is that everyone who uses insulin must make
some adjustment or compensation when they exercise, be it eating
during exercise or injecting more or less insulin before or after.
About 80% of the book is just statistics telling how much so and so
adjusts thier insulin and carb intake and what sport they're involved
in. It makes for boring reading, and, in my opinion, many of them are
doing things that put their blood sugars higher than they need to be.

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Diabetics can lead a full, wonderful life despite the diagnosis, however
ignoring or taking diabetes lightly can be devastating.

Yes, but training for a half-ironman like I'm doing is a real pain in
the ass when the lights keep going dim from low blood sugars in the
20's and 30's. At least, I think I'm starting to get a handle on it
at this point.

Since you're diabetic and presumably not on any meds, your main
concerns should be avoiding high, not low blood sugars. These can be
caused by:

(1) too much carbs or too fast-acting carbs in a meal or snack.
(2) sickness
(3) adrenaline spikes from very short, high-intensity exercise

My blood sugar once went from 98 to 250 after running a hard 5k and
not using insulin before hand. The remedy I found for this problem
was simply to use extra insulin with a small meal before the race.

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Eric