Low-Carb Diets and Cycling

[Triskeliongirl]

Good luck! And YES, work on increasing your protein. As you eliminate strachy carbs, just replace them with more lean protein and non-starchy veggies.

My impaired glucose tolerance also went undetected for years since the screen is usually the fasting glucose measurement, and since I ride my bike to work, I'd always stop off for the test on the way, altering the results (its funny, they always tell you to fast, but they don't tell you to not exercise). Also, if you are a 'pre-diabetic' often it shows up much better in a glucose tolerance challenge, than a fasting measuremnt. In my case, I am fine when I don't eat starchy carbs, so my fasting measurements were only ever slightly elevated.

There does seem to be links between hypothyroidism and type 1.5 diabetes. Both can be autoimmune. I had a series of tests taken for that last week, but it takes 3 weeks for results. One idea is they can be triggered by grain allergies. Lectins in the grains resemble antigens on our pancreas and thyroid, so if we make an antibody to the grain lectin, it can then attack our thyroids and pancreas, reducing the cell numbers and therefore the output of both thyroid hormones and insulin. That is what we are suspecting is the underlying route of my problem (I already know I have autimmune thyroid - Hashimoto's - now checking for autoimmune diabetes. That is why even when I do eat a tiny bit of sugary carbs on the bike, I avoid grain sources.

GOOD LUCK DINANYLA AND KEEP US POSTED!