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Tom Mercier wrote:
 And it makes me nervous that you are sugaring your divers in the water...I
think
you may be in for a suprise some day.

George Irvine wrote:
....the reason we use glucose is that once you eat anything or take on ANY
sugar in any form, the risk is that the blood sugar level will fall back
below what it was to start with.
Hypocglycemic responce... The resulting drop has been implicated in
potentiating oxtox. Get me
right here: I am saying that once you ingest any sugar, it must be
continued every forty five minutes in the water to avoid this risk... Low
blood sugar invites oxtox in the long exposures. Adding sugar means
conitinuing to add sugar.



I've been drinking gatorade during 2-3 hour dives (shallow) in the belief
that keeping myself hydrated and keeping my blood sugar up would aid in
maintaining energy and concentration and lower decompression risks.  Would
one or both of you say a bit more about dangers associated with sugar
intake during dives?

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