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Exercise and Sports

I’m 20 and have had diabetes for 6 months. How would extraordinary high activity (mountaineering, walking for over six hours a day) affect my situation?

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I weigh 306 pounds, have type 2 diabetes, and I have been working out regularly. I have had to stop taking insulin, to avoid low blood sugars which are now in the normal range. Recently, I have observed post-exercise readings that are slightly higher that those taken just before workout. Is this normal? Am I making a mistake with my testing?

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Our daughter plays competitive soccer, we’ve just switched from NPH and Regular to Humalog at meals time with Lantus at bed time, and we are having difficulty figuring out how to make adjustments for the heavy physical activity.

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I am a nationally ranked USA swimmer specializing in the breaststroke. As a borderline diabetic, I want to know how to measure the sugar content in sports beverage drinks, like Gatorade, that are promoted to athletes like myself.

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I am 19 years old and have had diabetes for about five or six years. What the best type of exercise is to keep my blood sugar in the normal range?

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Is it okay not to take insulin injections before sports or any other physical activity?

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One day per week, my daughter has lunch at 11:30 am, followed by physical education at 12:00 N, and most likely after eating lunch her blood sugar may spike and drop after an hour. If she does PE on a high number, is it likely that her number will get even higher? If we decide to check right after lunch, and her blood sugar is over 250mg/dl [13.9 mmol/L] should she participate in PE?

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What complications arise with an individual who exercises whilst taking metformin?

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I am a thin 31 year old man who is using insulin, and I have this belief that I do not need physical exercise to burn my fats as I am already under weight. Kindly tell me why is it necessary to walk or take exercise if I want to put on weight.

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Could you tell if there are any professional endurance athletes that have diabetes? I’ve seen a professional tri-athlete that was but forgot his name.

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