managing diabetes

   Diabetes seems to be a common ailment and so many of us struggle to control this disease.  It isn't a disease on gets by being fat but being overweight does increase ones risk of getting and treating this disease.  The worse part of the disease is the "spikes" in blood sugar levels after eating.

    A person's A1c should be 5.0 or less (that is an average of ones glucose level over a 90 period.  The daily glucose reading should remain between 90 to 110.  Ones blood sugar should be in the high 70's to low 80's just before a meal and should not rise above 160 during the two hours after eating.

   If ones blood sugar is to low or to high one can go into a coma and their life can be endangered.

  There are several things one can do.
     1.  Exercise every day.
     2.  Monitor your blood sugar levels and adjust your medication as necessary
     3.  Follow a proper diet.

 Exercising is not for weight loss per se but to build your muscles thereby stimulating your immune system.
      Without    knowing ones current condition it is impossible to handle the situation.  When ones blood sugar drops a person gets shaky and hungry.  When ones blood sugar gets too high, one can feel tired, light headed and hungry.  Sometimes it is difficult to know whether ones hunger is due to high or low blood sugar.  One certainly does not want to eat when the blood sugar is high.
  Following a proper diet can help control fluctuations in glucose levels.  Eating at the same time each day, avoiding starch foods, not adding salt or butter, and eating proper portion sizes and portion numbers.
   Work with your doctor to get the proper medication and use it like it is supposed to be used.

   My A1c had been averaging between 8.8 and 9.6, way to high for anyone and I seemed to be gaining weight every month.  I finally decided to take control  and follow the same advise I just gave you.  For the past month my average glucose reading in the morning before breakfast has been in the eighties.  My spikes after eating has been to 125 except for once when it reached 172.  ( I know what I did that day I should not have done).

    By proper eating my weight has come down and so far I have lost 20 pounds.
   My exercise program consists of  doing water aerobics for an hour and a half M-W-F and walking at a brisk pace for 30 minutes T-T-S.

  It isn't easy but the results makes it worth while.