When Mike runs long distances, he knows to check his blood sugar frequently.  He carries energy gels in his running pack and uses several of them in almost every long run.  He’s got the routine down to as close to perfect as you can get with diabetes.  But what often takes him by surprise is the fact that many times even hours...

For people with diabetes, exercise is generally a great thing.  That’s one of the reasons I always tell myself to exercise more.  In fact, I pledge to do it every year.  You could say it’s my traditional new year’s resolution.  I’m hoping this year I actually follow through.  I have a solid exercise routine...

Exercising with diabetes is complicated and although it’s generally a good thing, it can make diabetes management more difficult (Catherine Price attests to this). ASweetLife’s resident marathoner, Michael Aviad, found a great tip on Hypoactive.org that can help prevent exercise-related diabetes problems: test twice. ( Hypoactive,...

While many of us already engage in aerobic exercise to help control our blood sugar levels, a new study has shown that for type 2 diabetics, this type of exercise might not be enough.  The study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association examined the benefits of aerobic training alone, resistance training alone,...

According to Dr. Bryan Bergman, exercising every other day appears to be the minimum  amount of exercise necessary to maintain insulin sensitivity (the opposite of insulin resistance). If someone exercises on Monday afternoon, for example, his insulin sensitivity is better later on that day. On Tuesday, assuming no exercise was done,...

Photo by David Mendosa My exercise of choice is hiking. It’s what I do most. I make my exercise easy and enjoyable for myself by taking along my camera whenever I go out. I love to take photographs of the beauty of nature everywhere that I go. Since I always look for beauty, I concentrate on what I find along the journey...