Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Hi,
I came across this article in the Mail Online. It's not dated, but I suspect it may be an oldish one, as I think lantus is a fairly established treatment option these days. What interested me was that they seem to be putting across the message that lantus helps prevent low blood sugars which it clearly doesn't - I know, because I've had a lot of night-time hypos! They even interview a Type 1 gym bunny who says it's great because she like to exercise on an empty stomach.
I suppose what they ought to be saying is that you need circulating insulin to exercise, but other insulins produced peaks that might result in hypos, whereas lantus is relatively peak-free. But you can still have hypos if you have too much lantus for the activity and not enough carbs to offset it!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-140952/New-style-insulin-cuts-risk-sugar-highs-lows.html
I came across this article in the Mail Online. It's not dated, but I suspect it may be an oldish one, as I think lantus is a fairly established treatment option these days. What interested me was that they seem to be putting across the message that lantus helps prevent low blood sugars which it clearly doesn't - I know, because I've had a lot of night-time hypos! They even interview a Type 1 gym bunny who says it's great because she like to exercise on an empty stomach.
I suppose what they ought to be saying is that you need circulating insulin to exercise, but other insulins produced peaks that might result in hypos, whereas lantus is relatively peak-free. But you can still have hypos if you have too much lantus for the activity and not enough carbs to offset it!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-140952/New-style-insulin-cuts-risk-sugar-highs-lows.html