Safe to Exercise with Type 1 Diabetes
Step 5 - Carbohydrates
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Step 5 – Carbohydrates before exercise explores the options that you have to use carbohydrate loading before exercise to reduce the risk of going hypo, getting a low blood glucose level, during exercise.
benefits of this program
This program is evidence based, it uses the peer reviewed and published research on exercise and type 1 diabetes to help you to understand the relationship between:
- Pre-exercise carbohydrate loading is there a benefit?
- Does the pasta party the night before an endurance event work?
- Should we exercise in a fasting state?
Download the Notebook
Download the notebook containing the slides used in this video and an infographic that you can use to record your own notes. As the series progresses we build on the knowledge from earlier sessions.
Get your download for this video here.
In this short video (5m 30 secs) you will be introduced to the 3 main tools that we have to manage exercise and type 1 diabetes. The CIA are not the diabetes police, they are powerful tools that we can use.