MarcLister
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Was talking to a forum member on MSN last night and we weren't sure about the effects of hot and cold weather on our blood sugar levels.
I know from personal experience that cold weather makes the blood sugar levels go down. I was shopping in Milton Keynes last December and walked back from Leighton Buzzard station to my place when I felt really quite bad. Got home and it was a massive hypo. It didn't help that I had to wait outside for about 30-40 mins for the train to take me from MK to LB.
But we were wondering then what effect does hot weather have on our blood sugar levels? Cold weather surely makes them drop because we're having to increase our usage of energy levels to try and keep warm? So we thought perhaps hot weather makes them go up because we use less energy for heating? But I wondered if perhaps hot weather makes our blood sugar levels go down, because although we aren't using energy to keep ourselves warm we are using more energy to try and stay cool?
Both of us are fairly new diabetics, in that we've not experienced a summer as a diabetic yet so whilst we've gone through a winter, this summer will be our first as diabetics and we just thought it'd be nice to know what to expect. 🙂
I know from personal experience that cold weather makes the blood sugar levels go down. I was shopping in Milton Keynes last December and walked back from Leighton Buzzard station to my place when I felt really quite bad. Got home and it was a massive hypo. It didn't help that I had to wait outside for about 30-40 mins for the train to take me from MK to LB.
But we were wondering then what effect does hot weather have on our blood sugar levels? Cold weather surely makes them drop because we're having to increase our usage of energy levels to try and keep warm? So we thought perhaps hot weather makes them go up because we use less energy for heating? But I wondered if perhaps hot weather makes our blood sugar levels go down, because although we aren't using energy to keep ourselves warm we are using more energy to try and stay cool?
Both of us are fairly new diabetics, in that we've not experienced a summer as a diabetic yet so whilst we've gone through a winter, this summer will be our first as diabetics and we just thought it'd be nice to know what to expect. 🙂