Diabetic Bodybuilders

[pipes]

I was recently diagnosed with late-onset Type 1 diabetes. I was just wondering if anyone else has any experience bodybuilding as a diabetic. It has been great for putting on mass, but now when it comes to leaning out its hard to keep to a low carb diet.

[Behemoth]

Don't diet low carb.

There have been bodybuilders who were successful and were diabetic. You may have heard of one of them.

[puffy1]

If youre on Insulin- and you do the Lo-carbs and the training youre going to have low blood sugars and may pass out - you need some carbs to keep energy up and keep blood sugars stable or slightly higher

[BigBrownBear]

Hey pipes!

My brother too was diagnosed with Type1 diabetes recently. He have been training for sometime now.

He is now taking a 30/70 preparation but he tells me that he finds it very hard to control when exercising. After some research, I recommended he switch to lantus and humalog and see if this help him get a tighter control on his diabetes.

How are your readings? in check most of the times?

[CSK]

If you're a type-1 diabetic and want to diet with low carbs, just use less insulin (you'll still need some though because protein and fat also raise blood glucose levels).