Diet and Fitness Articles

The decision has been made - it's time to start exercising, and you're ready to go out and buy a snazzy pair of workout shoes. But hold on! Did you know that people with diabetes need to take special care when choosing shoes, especially for physical activity?

Individuals living with diabetes need to take extra care in hot weather for a variety of reasons.

In a previous article on this site, we discussed the benefits for people with diabetes of exercising with a buddy or group of people over exercising alone. In this article,

Many people with diabetes are also living with the challenges of related complications such as nerve, vision and muscular disabilities.

While scanning the discussion forum of Diabetes Care Community, I came across a post: “My dad is 74 with type 2. His doctor says he should be exercising. Well probably he should but he’s never really been a sporty or physically active kind of person. How can you make someone change at that age?”

As described in our article about the New activity and non-activity guidelines for kids, the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines (CPAG) recommend that children over five should get at least 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise each day. But many parents are unsure whether these guidelines can be safely applied for youth with type 1 diabetes.

"Our bodies have evolved over millions of years to do one thing: move," After all, humans were hunters and gatherers and survival meant constantly being on the move.