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Getting regular physical activity has many benefits: It helps to control weight, reduce stress, and keep blood glucose in check, to name just a few. The articles in this section show you ways to increase your physical activity and make exercise a part of your daily routine. They also give practical tips for staying motivated, exercising with an insulin pump, and preventing hypoglycemia and other problems.
Burning Fat Through Exercise by Richard Weil, M.Ed., C.D.E.
Fat is a national obsession. Virtually everyone is concerned about how “fat” they are. It’s the hottest topic in the medical literature and at scientific conferences. And government health agencies are spending tens of millions of…
Exercising With an Insulin Pump by Sheri Colberg, Ph.D.
Whether you consider yourself an athlete or an occasional recreational sports participant, you benefit from any activity that you do, because all exercise can improve your body’s ability to use insulin. If you do not inject or infuse insulin to treat…
Get Moving With Yoga by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Popular images of yoga often show a sinewy person folded, pretzel-like, into a joint-defying pose, perhaps while balancing on one leg, to boot. While impressive, such images often scare people away from the very practice they are promoting or celebrating, namely yoga. That’s unfortunate, because yoga has benefits for everyone, no matter how flexible or sinewy…
Increasing Insulin Sensitivity by Sheri R. Colberg, Ph.D.
Insulin is a hormone that is normally released by the beta cells of the pancreas. When a person’s pancreas cannot produce enough insulin to sustain good health, insulin can be injected into the body with a needle or infused with a pump.
One of…
Making Exercise More Fun by Richard M. Weil, M.Ed., C.D.E.
Just about everyone knows that exercise is a healthy thing to do. Regular exercise helps control blood glucose levels, reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke, helps control high blood pressure, strengthens and tones muscles, improves balance, burns…
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Physical Activity by Richard M. Weil, M.Ed., C.D.E.
It’s no coincidence that the rate of Type 2 diabetes is
rising as rapidly as the rate of obesity in the United States. The two
are strongly related: The heavier people are, the more likely they are
to develop diabetes. So…
Physical Activity: The Magic of Movement by Patti Geil, M.S., R.D., C.D.E., and Laura Hieronymus, M.S.Ed., A.P.R.N., B.C.-A.D.M., C.D.E.
“The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions.”
—Fred Allen
If jumping to conclusions is your only form of physical activity, you are overlooking one of the top tools available to improve your diabetes control! Healthful eating…
The Great Blood Glucose Balancing Act by Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE
Recently, I saw two very different clients with a very similar problem: difficulty controlling blood glucose levels during physical activity…
Training for a Walkathon by Werner W.K. Hoeger, Ed.D.
Starting and sticking to an exercise program is not an easy task. About half of the people who start an exercise program give it up within the first six months, including those who take up walking for exercise. One way to raise your chances of keeping…
Yoga by Susan Shaw
I gathered my legs underneath me to get off the floor, like a minute-old foal finding out what her body is for. Emotionally, I was flying. And, unexpectedly, I had been crying. I had discovered how to live inside my body with gentleness.
How did…
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