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Diabetes,
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Diabetes, Cycling, & Insulin (Introduction)
Diabetes is an endocrine (hormonal) problem in which either a lack of insulin or
a lack of responsiveness to insulin results in metabolic problems. Insulin is
produced in the pancreas.
For those diabetics who take insulin, proper adjustment and dosing improves
cycling performance. It helps to prevent the highs and lows of blood sugar
associated with diabetic complications.
Background
Diabetics may take medicine by mouth to increase the
body’s responsiveness to the insulin it already produces, or may take insulin by
injection to augment or replace what is not made.
Adolescents, or those who develop diabetes as juveniles, stop making any
insulin. This is type I diabetes.
Most adults with diabetes are overweight and have type II diabetes. Though type
II diabetics make insulin, their tissues respond sluggishly and they need more
than they make.
Many obese adults make more insulin than those of optimum weight: they don’t
respond well to what they do make.
Weight reduction with diet modification and exercise controls or eliminates the
signs and symptoms of diabetes in most of these individuals.
Type I diabetics must take insulin. Type II diabetics may be controlled with
insulin or other medications.
Much of the discussion below concerns
insulin-treated diabetes. This information is not a substitute for
individualized, professional, diabetic care.
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