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Yes, but the drop in the case of hypoglycemia would have occured after the insulin was played, and then you would release HGH which would hold the glucose up. I personally think ( guess) all of these extended stresses tend to use up the available brain chemisrty or at least block the reuptake of some of it. At any rate it is a real concern for us since we can't "get out". EE Atikkan wrote: > > Interesting as it could B the manifest of a ying-yang effect. > Glu per say has been implicated in neurol oxtox. > Intake of glu also causes insulin increase. Thus if diver toxes when > hypoglycemic, excess insulin could B the putative contributor (as well > as a plethora of other factors). > > Just a thought. > > Esat Atikkan > > 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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