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JJ and I eat right before the dive. We have camelbacks of Gatorade on our 240 deco bottles, so we get to that after the bottom time. Then when we get to 50 feet, we can take those food tubes into a trough and eat there. We can also eat bars underwater, but it takes a little practice and you can't be real picky about it. Lately , Casey has put a trough in at 130 feet as well, so we could eat there. That one is more for dealing with problems. The risk of not eating is big. Your blood sugar drops and besides all the problems that causes in or out of the water, it also increases the risk of oxtox. Additionally, if you take in sugar, as we do with the Gatorade, you will spike the blood sugar and then get a larger drop off as the insulin deals with it and that produces a state of hypoglycemia which again can increase the risk of oxtox. The answer is twofold: 1) eat before and as soon as possible - don't go too long without eating, and 2) once you start sugar, you must keep doing it every 40 minutes or so to prevent that reaction. Also keep in mind that the later into the dive you are, the greater these risks become, especially on gas switches. In one has a tendency for hypoglycemia, then be even more diligent about this process. I personally do things that hold my blood sugar level higher for hours and hours, but that is not for everyone and not in the realm of discussion here. As they pointed out in the TV show, we can be in the water for as long as 20 hours, JJ and I usually get it done in 15 or 16, but there have been some 24 hours dives. An additional problem is timing the dives so that you are not up all night. We like to start at 6:00 am when possible. This gets us out in time to make it to Lucy Ho's ( not JJ, me and Pina ). -----Original Message----- From: Gary Banta [mailto:gary@ba*.or*] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 1:56 AM To: quest@gu*.co* Subject: Re: wkpp on tv I just watched the program -- a GREAT program! A question: do divers drink and/or eat prior to entering the habitat? If so, how. If not, how long can divers safely fast? Gary Banta --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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