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Old 04-03-06, 07:36 AM
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Pat
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Slowrider,

If you have been keeping your blood sugar around 100, then you are doing pretty well. I understand that most diabetics do not adjust their diet adequately and have all sorts of gyrations in blood sugar levels.

I am not a diabetic. But a cycling buddy of mine came down with it. I have ridden a number of long rides with him including some centuries. He has had good luck with GU packets to keep his blood sugar up and I doubt that those would bother your stomach.

I recall reading somewhere that exercising muscles do not require insulin to suck sugar out of the bloodstream. I recall on one century, my friend ate his favorite snack, a SNICKERS bar, for the first time since being diagnosed. It did not spike his blood sugar. However, since he had not been eating sweet things for so long, the SNICKERS bar tasted "funny".

Good luck to you.

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