Diabetes Self-Management Blog
Diane Fennell

Simple Step for Controlling Glucose

We’ve all heard how important physical activity is for managing diabetes, but a new series of studies show just how vital exercise is to blood glucose control and just how little of it is necessary for benefiting health…

Maryam Elarbi

Woes of Lows

One of my main challenges in controlling my blood glucose levels is maintaining control after exercise. I generally tend to spike after working out and then crash much later, around 5 AM, because I usually work out in the evening…

Web Team

Two Diabetes and Sports Associations Merge

If you are an active person with diabetes, you may be familiar with either the Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association (DESA) or Insulindependence, two organizations that have worked independently since 2005 “to provide exercise-related resources for people living with diabetes.” In a press release from March 12, the two associations have announced a merger…

Eric Lagergren

Worried To Bed, Fine To Wake

It’s early in the morning here in Southeast Michigan. How’s your diabetes? Mine’s doing just fine. Last night when I went to bed, however, I worried that my night might be long and fraught with blood glucose issues…

Diane Fennell

Yoga for Blood Glucose Control

Last week, we reported on new research showing that just 15 minutes of exercise a day can increase life span by years. Now a small study published in the journal Diabetes Care has uncovered even more health benefits of physical activity, or more specifically, the benefits of gentle yoga on Type 2 diabetes

Diane Fennell

Increase Life Span With Only 15 Minutes of Exercise a Day

Last week, we reported on research showing that aerobic exercise is best when it comes to reducing dangerous belly fat. In related news, a new study out of China suggests that exercising for only 15 minutes a day can increase lifespan by up to three years…

Diane Fennell

Aerobic Exercise Best to Beat Belly Fat

Eric Lagergren

Low, Low, Low

Eric Lagergren

Lift a Heavy Load

Web Team

What We’re Reading: ADA’s Red Striders

David Spero

Dance Out Diabetes

Joe Eldridge

A Break in the Action

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Walk With Walgreens

Joe Eldridge

Preparing for the Tour of Korea

Web Team

What We’re Reading: National Diabetes Prevention Program

Joe Eldridge

A Hard Lesson Learned

Joe Eldridge

Greetings From Belgium

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Tour de Cure

Joe Eldridge

A Day in the Life of a Cyclist With Diabetes

Joe Eldridge

Sick in South Africa

Joe Eldridge

The Racing Season Begins

Web Team

What We’re Reading: The Longest Walk

Diane Fennell

To Ward Off Diabetes, Walk

Joe Eldridge

Challenges of the Off-season

Joe Eldridge

An Introduction

Eric Lagergren

Correspondence About My Lows

Eric Lagergren

Playing the Blood Glucose Card

Eric Lagergren

When the Lows Don’t Represent

Eric Lagergren

That Life, That Exercise (Part 2 of 2, Finally!)

Eric Lagergren

That Life, That Exercise (Part 1.5 of 2)

Eric Lagergren

That Life, That Exercise (Part 1 of 2)

Eric Lagergren

More Blog Entries About Exercise and Diabetes

David Spero

Activity Yes, Exercise Maybe

David Spero

One Step at a Time

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Mindfulness and Stress Management

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Pool Time With the Pump

Diane Fennell

Milk the Better Post-Exercise Quaff

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Team Type 1 Races for America

Jan Chait

Some Things That Sort of Go Together

Diane Fennell

Exercise Wards Off Dangerous Form of Fat

Mark Marino

Diabetes Drugs: Exercise

Eric Lagergren

Maybe It’s (Diabetic) Complacency

David Spero

Are We an Epidemic?

David Spero

Is Weight Good for You?

Eric Lagergren

Running Scared: A Legitimate Concern or Just an Excuse

Eric Lagergren

My Routine, My Blood Glucose

David Spero

Qi Gong, Diabetes, and Me

Tara Dairman

Diabetes Alert Day Brings Free Tools and Tips

David Spero

Fitness in Ten Minutes a Day

David Spero

Is Weight Worth Another Book?

Ingrid Strauch

No Energy for Exercise?

Tara Dairman

Diabetes, Exercise, Outlook, and Your Brain

David Spero

Diets Don’t Work?

Amy Campbell

Healthy Holidays To All

Amy Campbell

Get Moving! New Physical Activity Guidelines! (Part 4)

Amy Campbell

Get Moving! New Physical Activity Guidelines! (Part 3)

Amy Campbell

Get Moving! New Physical Activity Guidelines! (Part 2)

Amy Campbell

Get Moving! New Physical Activity Guidelines! (Part 1)

David Spero

New Answers on Exercise

Eric Lagergren

The Positive Can Be Negative

Web Team

High Rates of Arthritis Found in People with Diabetes

David Spero

The New York Times Discovers Exercise

Tara Dairman

Two Diabetes Contests Encourage Creativity

Tara Dairman

Can Exercise Fight the Aging Process?

David Spero

Out of Shape in Two Months

Eric Lagergren

Forbidden Fruit

Eric Lagergren

What Causes Stress and Relieves It at the Same Time?

David Spero

Self-Managing Depression

Amy Campbell

Take a Hike!

Eric Lagergren

Back in the Saddle

Tara Dairman

More Good News About Exercise

David Spero

Let’s Get Moving

Andy Stuckey

Sweating and Diabetes: The Tale of My Fake Snakeskin Pants

Andy Stuckey

Diabetes in the Altitude

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Exercising With an Insulin Pump

Tara Dairman

Diet vs. Exercise for Weight Loss

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Burning Fat Through Exercise

Tara Dairman

Exercise Helps Diabetes Control, Wards off Colds

Andy Stuckey

Exercise Remedy

Andy Stuckey

A Day at the Races

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