UK's greatest sportsman - T2D

(ianrobo) #1

This could go into several groups but will leave it here

Britains greatest sportsman is arguably Steve Redgrave and just found out he has T2D from 15 years ago


http://www.diabetes.co.uk/celebrities/steve-redgrave.html

Reading these is rather depressing, no talk of diet just all of how to combat it Of course it is likely in his position in training he was eating carbs upon carbs and yet at no point do they link this In fact it said he went onto a low star diet but had to revert back and then treat with insulin !

They also claimed it was in his genes, but T2D is not in genes, insulin resistance is !!

(bulkbiker) #2

Apart from the appallingly bad way the NHS article is written it sounds much more like he is Type 1?
I have never heard of a Type 2 with a pump… Might just be my ignorance but…

(ianrobo) #3

good point Mark and I did think that but all articles say type 2. Thing is he was doing 7k calories of eating a day and prob 80% carbs so a pump could arguably be needed ?

#4

I’m giving this a :heart: but what i really mean is :cry: I’m convinced it was this same carb-loading, whey-drinking advice that made me worse than ever while i was trying to be healthy.

(ianrobo) #5

yep and also what Tim Noakes documents etc … some people are OK but Redgrave had a family history which suggests he was insulin resistant