Originally Posted by
spinnaker
This is very interesting. What is it about riding that causes one to have to reduce insulin dosage?
I'm a type 1 diabetic also,I'll try to explain as best I can.
Think of your pancreas as a thermostat and the air in your house as blood sugar.
When the air gets too hot the thermostat tells the air conditioner to kick on and cool the house.
When the air has reached the desired temperature your pancreas shuts the insulin off.
In a type 1 diabetic the thermostat is broke,it doesn't work.
So we must try to do that job as best we can ourselves.
As metioned above excercise burns blood sugar,but to be more accurate your muscles burn glucose.Glucose is your blood sugar.