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How Exercise Helps in Managing Type 1 Diabetes
How Exercise Helps in Managing Type 1 Diabetes

As we all know, living with Type 1 Diabetes isn't easy. From having to make diet changes to monitoring your blood sugar levels often, the proper treatment and lifestyle choices are essential in controlling the symptoms. Just like most diseases out there, one of the best things Type 1 Diabetes patients can do for themselves is exercise. Curious to know just how much exercising can help in managing Type 1 Diabetes? Keep reading as we discuss and recommend some workouts to try out.

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Exercise, Type 1 DiabetesAnna Tannertype 1 diabetes, T1D, exercise, blood sugars, hypoglycemiaComment
Food Labels Made Simple: Added Sugars And T1D
Food Labels Made Simple: Added Sugars And T1D

If you’re eating a sweet treat, you probably wouldn’t be surprised to see a high amount of added sugar, however when eating common foods like granola bars, trail mix, tomato/pasta sauce, or salad dressings, you start to see how food companies have been quietly sneaking sugar into their products.

While we won’t be able to avoid sugar completely and we definitely won’t have time to read every single label, this information can help us figure out which product contains less sugar and is healthier for us.

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Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Type 1 DiabetesTaylor Gann, PA-ST1D, type 1 diabetes, nutrition, blood sugars Comment
Understanding And Treating Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) in Type 1 Diabetes
Understanding And Treating Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) in Type 1 Diabetes

Usually, hypoglycemia can be detected by its symptoms that start to appear when glucose levels are 70 mg/dl or lower. And they include:

  1. Hunger: especially a very strong cravings for sugars and carbs.

  2. Sweating: this type of sweating is different from the regular sweat experienced normally after exercising or embarrassing situations. This one is cold sweats that usually feels like the energy you have left is being expelled from the body with these small droplets.

  3. Sleepiness: this symptom freaks us all out when we experience hypoglycemia during sleep, so you start to wonder if you're really sleepy or if you are experiencing a hypoglycemia.

  4. Fast and Irregular heartbeat: as your body is trying to compensate the insufficient amount of fuel.

  5. Fatigue: overall feeling of tiredness or exhaustion.

  6. Unusual behavior, slurred speech or clumsiness: you feel like being drunk (and this leaves some funny memories). This happens mainly due to insufficient supply of glucose to the brain cells.

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Type 1 DiabetesNada Samitype 1 diabetes, hypoglycemia, low blood sugar, T1D, blood sugarsComment
Understanding And Correcting Hyperglycemia (High Blood Sugar) In Type 1 Diabetes
Understanding And Correcting Hyperglycemia (High Blood Sugar) In Type 1 Diabetes

Hyperglycemia is the term describing “too” much glucose in your blood exceeding the normal levels during fasting greater than 7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dl) or when it is greater than 11.0 mmol/L (200 mg/dl) 2 hours after having your meal.

What can we do to prevent it from occurring?

  1. An essential key for diabetes management is the regular checking of blood glucose levels and try always to record them to always have quick access and recall.

  2. Stick to the recommended doses of glucose-lowering drugs and insulin.

  3. Exercise as a lifestyle is really important in helping keep your sugar levels under control.

  4. Avoid consuming food that has a high glycemic index and substitute it with low glycemic index food.

  5. Stress controlling.

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Type 1 DiabetesNada SamiT1D, type 1 diabetes, blood sugars, hyperglycemiaComment
The Blood Sugar Guide To High Protein / High Fat Meals
The Blood Sugar Guide To High Protein / High Fat Meals

Fats and protein can delay carbohydrate digestion and absorption - digestion is a break down of carbs into simple sugars, while absorption is the process where these simple sugars leave the gut and are absorbed directly into the bloodstream. The time frame becomes important especially when it relates to our insulin peak time.

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health and wellness, Healthy Eating, Type 1 Diabetes, NutritionTaylor Gann, PA-Snutrition, blood sugars, T1DComment
Happy HoliDAZE: How To Keep Blood Sugars In Range During The Holidays
Happy HoliDAZE: How To Keep Blood Sugars In Range During The Holidays

We’ve heard those outrageous studies that say Americans eat over 7,000 calories on Christmas and gain anywhere between 1-5 pounds between Thanksgiving (end of November) through New Years Day. While I don’t doubt the validity of these numbers, that's a TON. And what’s worse is as diabetics, there’s no information on time in range and how they vary during these months. Although my expectation is that they differ largely from the remaining months of the year. 

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Healthy Eating, Type 1 DiabetesTaylor Gann, PA-Sdiabetic, diabetes, T1D, diabetes awareness month, nutrition, healthy eating, healthy eating strategies Comments
The 5 Diabetes Basics That You Might Be Overlooking
The 5 Diabetes Basics That You Might Be Overlooking

To start, put more veggies on that plate or in our snacks—most veggies are low carb anyways, plus as we all know, jammed pack full of vitamins and minerals. It’s like killing two birds with one stone, avoiding spikes in blood sugars while also replenishing our body and giving it what it needs. When it come to carbs, well we could spend hours on that subject alone, but remember to try to keep your grams of carbs consistent. For example, if you had 30g yesterday morning, try to match that on the following morning. (Please keep in mind everyone has their specific diet plans with their medical team, so please refer to that—that statement is not taken to mean that everyone should eat 30g of carbs).

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Type 1 Diabetes, health and wellness, Healthy Eating, Exercise TipsTaylor Gann, PA-Sdiabetes, T1D, diabetic, tips, exercise, nutrition Comment
SixUntilMe: My interview with Kerri Sparling
SixUntilMe: My interview with Kerri Sparling

My name is Kerri Sparling and I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of seven.  I've worked full time since the day after I graduated from college (I've been a banker, service writer at a car repair shop, arbitration coordinator, aviation insurance specialist, editor ... diabetes has required me to keep working in pursuit of reliable insurance coverage) but the job I love most is the one I've been doing for the last 14 years, and that's working as a writer and speaker.

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[Being Unstoppable with Type 1 Diabetes]
[Being Unstoppable with Type 1 Diabetes]

Type 1 diabetes can seem to strip you of a lot, you feel restricted at times and incapable at others, but this disease gives you a superpower that makes you unstoppable; you learn how to listen to your body. One might really enjoy the isolation of the gym and not the intensity of kickboxing, but what works for you can only be found through listening to your body’s response to the workouts. By listening to what my body wanted, I found that I am capable to do anything.

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[Refusing to Die] -- 6 Minute Read
[Refusing to Die] -- 6 Minute Read

To all my Diabetics out there, I know that I don’t need to tell you that Diabetes can cause complications. These complications include health complications, relational complications, and life complications. What I probably also don’t need to tell you is that diabetes can take more than a leg or an arm, it can take your life. The fact that you and I are here today is likely due to the fact that you stood up to diabetes and refused to die. I know this sounds a bit bleak, but the honest truth is, diabetes can really mess you up.

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