Exercise is just as important as diet, and in some cases as important as drugs in managing Type 2 diabetes. That’s because exercise: lowers blood sugar and improves insulin sensitivity, prevents or delays Type 2 diabetes, lets you store more blood sugar, burns more body fat, keeps the weight off, dramatically reduces the risk of [...]
Yesterday I posed a question about the 8 goals that Mr. Joe Diabetic wanted to accomplish during the year. The question was which goals are the true goals that will cause a cascade of benefits that incorporate some of the other goals. I gave you a hint … there were two of them. Did you [...]
The second factor that influences metabolism is exercise. What is really interesting is that researchers have found that if “Man A” weighs 150 pounds (68 kg) and does 3 sets of 10 reps of 100 pounds (45 kg) on the bench press and “Man B” weighs 225 pounds (102 kg) and does the same workout [...]
It seems that no matter what they do, the weight won’t come off. Most diabetics learn pretty quickly that there’s more going on than what meets the eye when they try to solve a weight problem. Simple answers aren’t enough. That’s why one of the most important things that diabetics can do is consider looking [...]
When you’re working hard at reducing your blood sugar levels each and every day, you will eventually get to the point where you’ll think to yourself, “Is this working for me? Or do I need to change what I’m doing?” There are six ways you can tell if your type 2 diabetes program is successful. [...]
Insulin is a natural chemical that our body uses to convert the sugar that our blood absorbs during the digestive process, into the energy that our body cells need in order to function properly. Type 2 diabetes is a reaction to the abnormally high levels of sugar in our blood that accumulate when our natural [...]