Some prescribed medications, including some of the oral diabetic medications, can affect your body’s response to exercise. For example, certain sulfonylureas increase your risk of developing hypoglycemia. Older-generation sulfonylureas (such as Diabinese and Orinase) cause insulin release from your pancreas and somewhat decrease your insulin resistance. However, these older medications typically have a longer duration [...]
When you found out about your diabetes from your doctor, he or she probably told you to lose weight, eat better, take your medications, and exercise more. Maybe the recommendations were not laid out in exactly that order, but I would bet that weight loss was one of the top recommendations. However, since long-term dieting [...]
Getting yourself motivated to be more physically active is not nearly as hard as you might think. The main thing is that you start to think more broadly about what constitutes exercise. Stop trying to find the closest parking spot, using remote controls for everything in your house, and waiting for the elevator when you [...]
You’re probably tired of hearing about all the health problems that simply having diabetes increases your risk of, including heart disease, kidney problems, lower limb amputations, and even erectile dysfunction in men. Sorry to burden you with more bad news, but it also appears that diabetes increases your risk of mental dysfunction, too. In fact, [...]