Guest guest Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Hi , My husband was diagnosed 1994 and has been able to stay off meds by working out daily and watching what he eats (and when he eats it). I think they should stress exercise more than they do. Cardio Exercise will lower the BSL because it forces the muscles to use up the glycogen (stored sugar) and makes them very hungry which in turn forces them to take up sugar from the blood. Most of his exercise is riding a bike, either outside or indoors but we also go scooting sometimes. Have a 3 wheeled scooter called a Trikke which uses upper body as well as lower body. Both of us will be 60 end of this year. Sometimes when DH has done some indescriminate eating, he works out longer and can keep his BSL down. His morning levels are around 95-109. Sue In a message dated 7/13/2004 10:09:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time, alldiabeticinternational writes: > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:47:30 -0000 > > Subject: Re: Newbie with a question > > Yes I still ride both mountain and road just not racing anymore. I > use the bike as my therapy. > > this is one more reason why I will always ride. > > When I went to the doctor last week and found out BGL was over 300 > and had been there for while. He put me on two meds > (Glucophage/Avandia) and it seemed that they did not lower my BGL > over the first week so I was starting to worry and get a little > frustrated. Needing to vent some I went and did a HARD ride with > climbs. After this ride my level went to 68 and has stayed around 90 > to 120 for the last week. Not sure if I could have done more harm by > putting that amount of effort but it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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