Oya said:Hi all,
I have a reactive hypoglycemia (ie. I crash an hour and change after eating more than a certain
amount of carbs. Sugar induces the worst crash).
I just wanted to know if there's anyone else here with hypoglycemia, and what their strategies are
for dealing with long events. I can't load up on carbs the night before, because I would not wake
up the next day. I can't eat a big carb filled breakfast 2-4 hours before because I could end up
in the emergency room. Or just fast asleep. And I am not sure if those sugar filled power gels
would make me crash half way into the race.
Rrrrrgh! I hope there's a way to do it, and I won't just have to give up.
I think that the only way for you to find out if, for example, the gels make you crash, is to try
them in a controlled condition such as training.
You may want to try other foods that you can eat during exercise: ones with less sugar, ones with
more sugar etc. Try all of this in training of course, and work out a nutrition plan that you carry
over into a race.
You may also find that eating directly before beginning exercise, or very soon after starting will
limit the effects of the excessive insulin release. Test some different timings in training.
Good luck.
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Cheers,
Walter R. Strapps, Ph.D
"The sheer closeness of our two countries and the intensity of our mutual interaction combined with
the disparity between us in terms of wealth and power--all these things guarantee there will be
problems in U.S.-Canadian relations without anybody having to do anything to deliberately worsen the
situation."
Robert L. Stanfield, Oct. 28, 1971
