{"id":11507,"date":"2010-10-28T10:34:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T14:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=11507"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:41:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:41:57","slug":"the-energy-gel-experiment-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=11507","title":{"rendered":"The Energy Gel Experiment \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/A-GU-Energy-Gel.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11509 alignright lazyload\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"A GU Energy Gel\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/A-GU-Energy-Gel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a>After trying the <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/michael\/blogs\/exercise-blogs\/the-energy-gel-experiment-%E2%80%93-part-1\/11473\/\">GU energy gel in the comfort of my home<\/a> I needed to see how it worked during a run.\u00a0 So I decided to try it on my next run, a 7.5 mile progression run, which I ran on Tuesday evening. This was my last run before my 30K race on Friday. I didn\u2019t want to have any short acting insulin in my system before the run so I could see how I handled the gel while running with only the effects of my long acting insulin (Lantus) and the running itself.\u00a0 Therefore, I didn\u2019t eat any carbs during the day and take any rapid insulin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I figured the run would take me an hour so I decided I would \u00a0check my BS every 15 minutes during the run. I checked my BS at:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7:30pm<\/strong> before leaving for my run it was <strong>132<\/strong>. I had a gel and started to run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7:45\/ 138<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8: 00\/126<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8:15\/88. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I decided to take another gel and continue running. I finished my run 14 minutes later and before continuing home (cooling down with a slow jog and walk) checked again. This time my glucometer read <strong>82,<\/strong> but my hands were very sweaty and it may have not been an accurate reading. I got home 1\u00bc hours after taking the first gel and 30 minutes after the second. I checked again and this time my BS was <strong>112<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I ate dinner took a small dose of insulin to cover the meal. Two hours later I was 100.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong> The energy gels do not have an adverse effect on <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">my<\/span><\/strong> BS while running. There was definitely no spiking and my BS levels did not seem to go high at all from the gel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So what\u2019s next? I have a 30K race on Friday.\u00a0 Should I take gels or stick to my halva? \u00a0And if I use gels, how often do I need to have one \u2013 every 30 minutes or 45? I don\u2019t want to have too much carbohydrate floating around my system, but on the other hand I need to avoid going low during the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[969,575],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Energy Gel and Diabetes Experiment \u2013 Part 2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The energy gels do not have an adverse effect on my BS while running. 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