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Exercise and Sports

I’m a 22 year old woman with Type 1 diabetes. I would like to know how to safely lose 20 pounds.

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My 16 year old son, who has had type 1 diabetes for three years, plays basketball and football and gets all the playing time he wants. During ball seasons, we lower insulins by at least a third, but he still fights constant low blood sugars for three to four days due to a snowball of metabolism. His blood sugars are not due to a lack of calories. Any other suggestions?

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I am a 16 year old male who has type 1 diabetes, and I am overall physically fit, but I can’t seem to lose my gut. I am looking for a routine and diet that can help me thin out my stomach. What should I do or where should I look?

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I am a 29 year old type 1 diabetic, diagnosed at the age of 13. I have recently joined a gym and am having a horrible time with blood sugars. I drop at least 200 points (blood sugar, food equivalent) at every workout. Do you have any suggestions?

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I am a fit, active, long distance runner who is a type 1 diabetic. Recently I have been concerned about protein intake. I am concerned about protein and kidney damage. Is there a urine test I could take for proteins?

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I have type 1 diabetes, and I take Lantus at bedtime with NovoRapid with meals. I have exercised fairly regularly over the years, but have recently become interested high level cycling and triathlon and have just begun entering competitions at a veterans’ level. Where can I get advice on the steps I should be taking to manage my diabetes with this type of exercise programme?

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My boyfriend has type 1 diabetes, and when we ‘get active’, he usually gets a hypo. Is there a way to prevent this happening? I have been looking around and so far haven’t found anything that works. What can we do?

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I am a 39 year old female with type 1 diabetes, I am on the pump, I exercise six times per week, and my morning sugars are awful since I have changed my exercise routine. My doctor and I cannot get the overnight sugars back to normal, but the rest of the day my sugars are good. I cannot find much information about long and hard workouts.

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When recently meeting with our diabetes team, we were told that exercise during the presence of ketones in the urine is dangerous. Is this so? If so, why?

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My son, who has had type 1 diabetes for two months, is a black belt karate (which he has done seven years). Normal high level training has not been to much trouble, but he is having big problem during competition when the adrenalin kicks in, and his blood sugar drops alarmingly. Is this normal ? Are there any suggestions you can make?

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