Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, has been helping patients with diabetes successfully increase physical activity for many years and has written numerous books that patients and clinicians use. Most of her work recently has been about insulin and exercise, but many of you have written me to ask, “What about oral …

When Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, spoke about insulin and exercise last time the focus was on long acting insulin and exercise. This week she continues with Insulin Use and Exercise, Part 3: Insulin Pumps.

Insulin Use and Exercise, Part 2: Longer-Acting, Basal Insulins

When you don’t have diabetes and you start any activity, your body increases the release of glucose-raising hormones to prevent falls in your blood glucose levels. At the same time, your pancreas releases less insulin during exercise. But what about your patients who have diabetes? Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, discusses …

If your patients are female, past puberty, and still young enough to be menstruating, then you’ll want to read what Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, has to say in this week’s feature; Being Female and Athletic: Special Concerns for Diabetic Women Only.

Last time Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, gave us tips on how to deal with Exercise-Induced Hypoglycemia, this week she takes it a step further by teaching us how to Prevent Hypoglycemia During and After Exercise.

Too often our patients who are very active start to decrease their participation in sports and other physical endeavors. Frequently, this is because they are experiencing hypoglycemia and have no idea how to prevent this from happening. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM, helps you to understand what is going on and …

Often our patients with diabetes have unexplained hypoglycemia and there seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM has the latest research on what happens to cause this. Read Exercise and Hypoglycemia: Their Effect on Hormonal Responses

Last week I was on the phone with Rick Philbin, from Animas. Rick is a type one patient who is also active in DESA. A few years ago we crowned Rick the world’s most fit diabetes sales rep. When you check out his insulin use it is almost non-existent. How …

Researchers said the effects can be seen even when levels of blood sugar, or glucose, are only moderately elevated, a finding that may help explain normal age-related cognitive decline, since glucose regulation worsens with age.