Diabetes and OW

Diabetes is a very complex diesease as I'm sure you have come to realize. It is not a simple problem of ingesting a certain number of carbs to hold your BG level where you want it or to arrive at a particular level. Your body makes sugar during times you are not eating, its called gluconeogenisis and is responsible for most of your fasting glucose level. It may be that because of the type II diabetes your liver may not be producing glucose sufficiently using this pathway, leaving your body to use the ingested available carbohydrates. Glycogen stores in your muscle and liver could also be affected and could contribute to falling circulating BG during exercise. I'm sure you have heard it before but be very carefull and test often during exercise until you are very comfortable. I would rather read about a lot of useless testing than a serious problem. Please keep posting I think this journey you have started would be very helpfull and encouraging to many other diabetics who may be working out the same issues as you but not willing to do so openly. Willie You hit it on the head when you indicated that diabetes affects the whole process. I am ordering a book on Diabetes and athletes, the one recommended above. An article in American Physiology showed that ingesting carbs during strenuous exercise will compensate for depletion of muscle glycogen and extend performance. That is for a trained athlete, what about an amateur diabetic athlete? Just for info, I have been reading a a few references to learn the basics about human metabolism: " Principles of anatomy and physiology,Totora , Anagnistakos" and " General organic and biological chemistry, Solomon". I am still piecing together what source is used and when for energy production (ATP). Also did a 4K open water swim on sunday. At 2K my body told me to ingest some carbs so I consumed two energy gel packs that I had stored in my suit. Seemed to help. I finished and felt mentally alert when I exited the water. No symptoms of low sugar. I was so happy that I forgot to take my BS. THat was unfortunate. Thanks for all the info so far.

Diabetes is a very complex diesease as I'm sure you have come to realize. It is not a simple problem of ingesting a certain number of carbs to hold your BG level where you want it or to arrive at a particular level. Your body makes sugar during times you are not eating, its called gluconeogenisis and is responsible for most of your fasting glucose level. It may be that because of the type II diabetes your liver may not be producing glucose sufficiently using this pathway, leaving your body to use the ingested available carbohydrates. Glycogen stores in your muscle and liver could also be affected and could contribute to falling circulating BG during exercise. I'm sure you have heard it before but be very carefull and test often during exercise until you are very comfortable. I would rather read about a lot of useless testing than a serious problem. Please keep posting I think this journey you have started would be very helpfull and encouraging to many other diabetics who may be working out the same issues as you but not willing to do so openly. Willie You hit it on the head when you indicated that diabetes affects the whole process. I am ordering a book on Diabetes and athletes, the one recommended above. An article in American Physiology showed that ingesting carbs during strenuous exercise will compensate for depletion of muscle glycogen and extend performance. That is for a trained athlete, what about an amateur diabetic athlete? Just for info, I have been reading a a few references to learn the basics about human metabolism: " Principles of anatomy and physiology,Totora , Anagnistakos" and " General organic and biological chemistry, Solomon". I am still piecing together what source is used and when for energy production (ATP). Also did a 4K open water swim on sunday. At 2K my body told me to ingest some carbs so I consumed two energy gel packs that I had stored in my suit. Seemed to help. I finished and felt mentally alert when I exited the water. No symptoms of low sugar. I was so happy that I forgot to take my BS. THat was unfortunate. Thanks for all the info so far.