When to eat
For short-term physical activity (for example, Nordic walking, swimming, lasting no more than 2 hours), you will need additional blood glucose control before and following loading. It is also necessary to resolve the issue of additional intake of slow carbohydrates 1-2 bread units (for example, a sandwich), with a glucose level of 6 mmol and below. If it is not possible to measure the level of sugar in the blood before and following the load, it is worth taking 1-2 bread units before and following classes.
If glucose is more than 13 mmol / l, then you do not need to take additional slow carbohydrates. For each age, experience of diabetes, comorbidities, the target level of glycemia is different, it is discussed individually with the doctor.
Prolonged physical activity, more than 2 hours should also be planned. You need to have a glucometer, water, stocks of slow and fast carbohydrates with you. If this is, for example, intensive work on the site, in the gym, it is necessary to evaluate glycemia before, during and following exercise, with feeling unwell, in advance to reduce the dose of short-acting and extended-acting insulin by 20-50%.
With glycemia below 7 mmol / l, you need to eat 1-2 XE slow carbohydrates (sandwich), with glycemia below 5 mmol / l – fast carbohydrates (drink juice, sweet tea).
