Hi,
My father-in-law has been a diabetic now for over 10 years and has been
controlling his diabetes using oral medications and diet and exercise.
However, he has consistently found his bg readings to be much higher in
winters than the rest of the year. This is despite the fact that he does
indeed exercise the same degree of control in terms of diet/exercise that
he does the rest of the year. His doctor says that this is normal for cold
weather.
I would appreciate any information regarding these increased bg levels in
cold weather, and any suggestions to control the bg levels are greatly
welcome.
With regards
Mani Srivastava
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In article <1995Dec11.235227.29…@allegra.att.com>, m…@allegra.att.com (Mani B. Srivastava) writes:
=My father-in-law has been a diabetic now for over 10 years and has been
=controlling his diabetes using oral medications and diet and exercise.
=However, he has consistently found his bg readings to be much higher in
=winters than the rest of the year. This is despite the fact that he does
=indeed exercise the same degree of control in terms of diet/exercise that
=he does the rest of the year. His doctor says that this is normal for cold
=weather.
Well, in my case, my blood sugar levels tend to increase during hot weather.
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In a previous article, m…@allegra.att.com (Mani B. Srivastava) says:
>My father-in-law has been a diabetic now for over 10 years and has been
<SNIP>
>I would appreciate any information regarding these increased bg levels in
>cold weather, and any suggestions to control the bg levels are greatly
Do Bears "you know what" in the woods, Of course, they also sleep all
winter. They are mamals, just like us.
Your FIL does indeed exercise the same. However what about his incidental
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exercise. IE: mowing the lawn, Walking the dog, Washing the car Strolling
around "Not exercising, just enjoying life and the summer" I’ll bet dollars
to insulin shots (It sure ain’t going to be donuts in this list) that he
does less of these things. He may even watch FOOTBALL in the winter.
(I don’t) (My wife does that for me
Most people do, "Slow DOwn" Not quite as much as the bear, but still alot
in the winter time. Also you may well eat more (See Campbells comericial
thawing out snow boy with a bowl of nice hot soup. really works by the way)
So, I’m not suprised that his BG’s go up in the cold.
My insulin requirements go up in the cold by the way and I have much the
same level of activity all year around what with my day almost entierly
taken up with computers of one sort or another. (Though I do do more walking
in December for some 25th reason)
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