Preventing Blackout

[Gera]

Re: Blood Sugar and energy needs

To summarize what I wrote there: it is good to rely on fats and sugars for immediate energy needs....but fat mixed with fruit juice or other sugars would not be necessary, really, if one took in only very small amounts of sugar frequently over a period of time. But since this is often not practicable, fat/oil can be added for the same effect.


You can take sugars and fats in combination throughout the day in any case and see how it feels. It suffices perfectly for short-term energy needs. It is good to use oil and juice just because it is so easy to do.

 

[JPPLAY]

I have never heard of using Olive oil in a drink. It would notmix with normaly juice or water. What does it have in it that is good for your engery needs?
You body burns fats or carbs when doing exercise it matters what level of exercise you are doing and for how long whatever it burns fat or carbs.

 

[fleedermouse]

To answer the original question, I don't think that there is any reliable way to prevent blackout. Health sciences are far from exact and everyone's physiology is unique so mental/emotional state, V:Q, Hemoglobin, cardiac fitness, capillary permeability and degree of capillary development, cholesterol levels, hematocrit/hydration,hormone levels, blood glucose levels, metabolic states, body temperature, percent body fat, etc. will all factor in to your blackout threshold.

If and when you are in a potential blackout situation (testing the bounds of your normal limits/conditions), make sure you have a reliable and competent partner(s) watching you. That's the way to be safe. Otherwise, don't push your limits and like someone said early in the thread, be aware of your body and your situation.

 

[Gera]

<what does juice and oil have in it that is good for your energy needs?>


Lots of calories...

Juice with added oil is a good way to ingest calories that are easily utilized and are more lasting than sugars alone (no blood sugar spikes; no energy expended storing a sudden excess of sugars as glycogen, a process which itself uses energy).... Usually fiber in fruit slows down the release of sugars, but takes up time and energy in the digestive process. In this case, the sugars are readily available, but the oil provides more lasting energy and slows down the absorption and use of the easily-assimilated sugar.

It is a simple formulation that works to keep blood sugar constant, and adequate, without eating solid foods. But this is not a recipe to prevent blackout.... It simply addresses blood sugar energy needs, a peripheral part of this.

 

[Trelos]

Arent energy drinks better than oil with juice? Doesnt the oil thicken the blood and reduce apnea time?

 

[Fondueset]

I cannot address oil thickening blood - though this seems unlikely. We are talking about a tablespoon or less per quart. My experiments with Gera's suggestion would seem to confirm her assertion that this mix provides more steady and enduring energy without a bumpy blood sugar cycle. Personally I've never liked sports drinks - I've found them less hydrating than water and conducive to a spike/crash sugar cycle. My autistic son loves them however so now, in addition to diluting them by 1/3 to 1/2 I add about a teaspoon of avocado oil - as above he seems to have much more stable moods and energy throughout the day.

FYI - I make my own sports drink with lemon, steeped raw ginger, grade B maple syrup, Colloidal minerals and avocado oil. For diving in cold water - as I do often - you have to have something a little more substantial a few hours before getting in though. This drink thing seems more of a help with overall alertness.

 

[island_sands]

FYI - I make my own sports drink with lemon, steeped raw ginger, grade B maple syrup, Colloidal minerals and avocado oil. For diving in cold water - as I do often - you have to have something a little more substantial a few hours before getting in though. This drink thing seems more of a help with overall alertness.

Fondueset... what are colloidal minerals?

 

[Fondueset]

Trace minerals in really tiny amounts. Grade B maple syrup also has good mineral content. Apparently there is a fair amount of hype about this - and also some bad products. The idea being we don't get enough of some trace minerals due to depleted soil. I did read somewhere that we freedivers lose a lot of minerals.
I was advised to try them by a pretty woman with a three- legged dog who told me it was a darned shame my hair was so grey because I had a very youthful and graceful body.
Evidently she was a hair expert. While there is grey in my hair - it's still mostly light blonde - which turns really light in the summer. I figured a few minerals wouldn't hurt plus I can tell people, when they ask, that I was instructed to take them by a strange woman with a three legged dog - whom I've never seen before or since.
Personally I think she may have been some sort of Colloidal spirit.

 

[island_sands]

Trace minerals in really tiny amounts. Grade B maple syrup also has good mineral content. Apparently there is a fair amount of hype about this - and also some bad products. The idea being we don't get enough of some trace minerals due to depleted soil. I did read somewhere that we freedivers lose a lot of minerals.
I was advised to try them by a pretty woman with a three- legged dog who told me it was a darned shame my hair was so grey because I had a very youthful and graceful body.
Evidently she was a hair expert. While there is grey in my hair - it's still mostly light blonde - which turns really light in the summer. I figured a few minerals wouldn't hurt plus I can tell people, when they ask, that I was instructed to take them by a strange woman with a three legged dog - whom I've never seen before or since.
Personally I think she may have been some sort of Colloidal spirit.

Well who's going to argue with that?? rofl rofl