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On Wed, 14 Aug 96, "Lawrence Orchard" <DiveBase@ms*.co*> wrote:
>Hi George
>
>I was wondering how the divers of WKPP deal with issues such as dehydration,
>urination and nutrition on long deco schedules. Also do you build factors into
>your tables allowing for dehydration and lowering blood sugars or is this
>believed not to be a significant factor?
>
We drink the water in the cave, we have gatorade which we drink in the
troughs, food in the troughs, and glucose, dextrose or fructose in tubes in the
water. We also have overboard discharge valves it the drysuits.
We do not let the blood sugar get low - we eat before the dive and during
deco, and if we have to go to glucose, we use it regularly therafter to keeo
from experiencing a hypoglycemic drawdown in blood sugar - I go every
forty-five
minutes, since I test out at one hour on Coke syrup.
These things are significant for oxygen toxicity, and that is my real
concern. The only thing I build into my deco table is time of my reservations
at
Lucy Ho's - the rest is bullshit.- G
George M. Irvine III
DIR WKPP
1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
954-493-6655 FAX 6698
Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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