Sugar and The Jitters

Diet can absolutely affect your shooting. On the day before competition, I cut down on processed sugars and on the morning of, it's protein and fruits. Staying hydrated is also very important.

While I have not noticed a dramatic improvement in eyesight since weening off suger last year, there have certainly been other benefits. When I turned 62 last July I decided it was time to make a significant change so went on a diet and have lost 60 pounds so far. I beleive I have also lost some muscle mass but am OK with that since I have definitely gained a lot of mobility and balance. At my annual checkup a few weeks back my Doctor agreed I could discontinue the mild blood pressure medicine I was on. Being on "nothing" (I do take vitamins) has to be better for the body. Such a body transformation means adapting several things, and although my shooting has not improved it has not degraded either.

What we eat does matter and affects us in many ways. The less processed food you eat, the better. Unfortunately carbs taste the best so try and keep your carb intake to around 45-50/day (it sucks, but not kidding) and reduce sugar intake as much as you reasonably can.
This approach makes you an "ingredient reader". Read the labels !!
Sugar is cheap and makes anything and everything taste good, and it is in almost all processed food in one form or another anymore.
Healthy eating to you all !

Diabetic here, also. Type 2 of many years. Learned it's the large "swings" in sugar/food in general that are most harmful/symptomatic - either high or low. Too low is as harmful as too high as far -as shakes/fatigue. Better results with smaller portions frequently through the day in moderation.

Also, regardless of strength, it is not humanly possible to hold a firearm on target without movement, (even nearly imperceptible) without a support. We can lessen the movement, but there will always be some. Typically, movement will be circular. Practicing stage-firing with a glass-smooth trigger allows the shooter to complete the trigger pull at nearly the same time with every shot, greatly increasing repeatability and thus tightening groups.

Diabetic fatigue and tremors just plain suck. So does loss of sensory perception in fingers and blurry vision. Don't give up. You're not the only one.

I have fought my weight all my life. I found a low carb diet Great for losing weight, and keeping it off. However it’s damn hard, and I’m not a sweet eater.
Life without carbs is tough
This last year I’ve stayed at 70-80 grams, and could easily eat more.
In my defense they are all complex carbs

Coffee is worse IMHO and I am a diabetic on insulin.

Diabetic too. Diagnosed a year ago. Managing it with my diet only. Amazing what healthy food will do. So far so good. Test 4 times per day, and I am actually pre-diabetic now according to my A1C. Ya gotta manage the hell out of it, but I believe I'll kick it's a$$.

In the 80s I found out I was hypoglycemic (pre diabetic symptoms) and eliminated sugar and white flour from my diet. Before that, I'd get dizzy before a meal or when I got hungry. After quitting sugar, there have been days I hardly ate at all without any drop in stamina or getting dizzy. The body converts sugar into energy through stored fat. Give it sugar long enough and it gets lazy and forgets how to convert the 'stores' into energy. Once the last supply runs out, it's all gone and you're out of energy until you give it another sugar hit.

Eliminate sugar! It's bad news. On top of that, sugar coated things only taste like sugar once it's out of your life. The real flavors are so much better!

Get a book called SUGAR BLUES by Dufty.

Dale Allen Raby said:

Cancer. No cure. Gonna die anyway. Diabetes doesn't scare me. I just don't consume much sugar anymore and life goes on... for a few more years anyway. I do miss my iced tea and my Dr. Pepper though.

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Dale, I was full of admiration until you mentioned the Doctor Pepper! It's an acquired taste, I'm told, and I'm sure not anticipating consumption to acquire a taste .

I didn't get to the range today; it was closed due to even more wet-season rain. The Parker Hale Naval rifle will have to wait for more suitable weather.

Pete