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Weight loss and exercise can notably lower diabetes risk. But do such lifestyle changes work for everyone?…
Read More »Joslin’s Diabetes Deskbook, Updated 2nd Ed., Excerpt #24: Physical Activity for Fitness
Richard S. Beaser, MD, Edward S. Horton, MD and Catherine A. Mullooly, MS, RCEP, CDE The weeks excerpt answers the following questions: Explains how to lower risk of diabetes by 58% How many daily minutes of exercise is recommended Importance of free fatty acids What are the two major sources …
Read More »Diabetic Emergencies, Diagnosis and Clinical Management: Hypoglycemia Caused By Insulin, Part 4
Stavros Liatis, Nikolaos Katsilambros Case 4.1 A 65-year-old man with history of Type 2 diabetes presented to the emergency department at 10.30 pm.
Read More »Extending Patients’ Lives by Five Years
Adults who engage in at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity each week can mean living up to five years longer than inactive adults….
Read More »Why Exercise Timing Matters — But Not for the Reason You Think
A recent study published online in October 2012 in the British Journal of Nutrition (and reported on in Diabetes In Control) attempted to address the issue of how timing of exercise relative to meal ingestion influences substrate balance and metabolic responses1. In that study, ten sedentary, overweight men with a …
Read More »Exercising before Breakfast Increases Fat Loss
If you are going to exercise, do it before the first meal of the day….
Read More »One More Study: Increasing Physical Activity Slashes CV Events and Deaths for Type 2’s
Higher levels of leisure-time physical activity cut the risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in people with type 2 diabetes by two-thirds….
Read More »EASD: Increasing Physical Activity Slashes CV Events, Deaths by 66% for Type 2’s
Higher levels of leisure-time physical activity cut the risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in people with type 2 diabetes….
Read More »Get Motivated to Improve Your Insulin Action with Physical Activity
By Sheri Colberg, PhD Any type of exercise training can make your insulin work better, regardless of what type of diabetes you have and whether you have to take insulin.
Read More »Steven Blair, PhD Q1 Why Is Physical Activity Important for Diabetes Patients?
Dr. Blair says that physical activity most important “pill” you can take but unfortunately doesn’t come in a pill. The importance of physical activity cannot be underestimated and Dr. Blair points out that those who are obese and active with diabetes actually live longer than those who are normal weight and inactive with diabetes. …
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