Get tips for safe exercising while living with diabetes. Discover exercise guidelines for people taking insulin or oral medications, and get recommendations for checking blood glucose levels before, during and after exercise.
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How to manage your diabetes even when you’re working full-time
No doubt working full-time can be hectic and stressful at times for most people. But when you add diabetes into the mix, working full-time means you’re juggling career demands along with managing your blood sugar levels.
Types of diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic disease that can happen for the following reasons: your body can’t produce insulin, or your body can’t use the insulin that it produces. (Insulin is a hormone that controls the amount of glucose in the blood.) However, not all types of diabetes are the same. We’ll discuss the different types of [...]
The 4 types of physical activity
Regular physical activity is important to help meet diabetes management goals. There are four main types of physical activity.
Managing low blood sugar with type 1 diabetes
Low blood sugar, also called hypoglycemia, can result when the body has too much insulin.
Standing and light walking benefits patients with type 2 diabetes
For people with type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests standing and light walking may be the key to managing blood sugar levels.
