Re: Diabetes and Officiating

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ScoobyRCP) wrote:

> 
> I have just been diagnosed with diabetes.  For years as a baseball official I
> have consumed many a gatorade while working games.  I just looked at the label
> and was shocked at the amount of sugar....
> 
> I am sure we have other diabetic officials here, so what to do about
> maintaining hydration/electrolytes before, during and after games here with
> hellish humidity and heat.  Suggestions anyone?  Anyone have any specific
> regimens that they use on game day?  My diabetes is non-insulin dependent if
> that matters.
> 


Well, I can't speak directly to diabetes, but for endurance sports they 
make electrolyte capsules (which I used during my Ironman race last 
fall). The product I used is called "Endurolytes," by Hammer. 

This won't help with energy--no carbs--but it will help stave off 
electrolyte depletion.

--Harold Buck


"I used to rock and roll all night,
 and party every day.
 Then it was every other day. . . ."
      -Homer J. Simpson