Dehydration and Diving
Dehydration DefinedDehydration means your body does not have as much water and fluids as it should. Dehydration can be caused by losing too much fluid, not drinking enough water or…
Obesity and Scuba Diving
Obesity and Decompression IllnessThere is a considerable body of work relating an increased incidence of DCS to increased percentage of body fat. Higher DCS rates have been noted in the…
Nutrition and Scuba Diving
Eating for Diving As your diving season arrives, it might be a good time to remind everyone about eating for diving. Over my many years of diving, I have had…
Chronic Adverse Effects of Diving on Genetics and Reproduction
GENETICSIn a study which was funded by the U.K. Departmentof Energy (Fox et al, 1984) blood was taken from more than 150 divers and an equal number of control subjects.…
The Thyroid and Diving
The thyroid gland secretes thyroxin which is a hormone that helps control the rate at which we burn up carbohydrates (metabolic rate). Too much thyroxin causes hyperthyroidism (thyrotoxicosis) --- too…
Diabetes and Diving
Diabetes Mellitus: Insulin dependent diabetics represent a gamut of severity; from the more brittle diabetic who should not dive to a less serious one which should not increase the hypoglycemia…