Any diabetic must know that sedentary lifestyle is extremely dangerous. Take up a daily 1 to 2 hour walking routine. Walking is a safe, low impact exercise. This will regulate your heart rate, increase the effectiveness of injected insulin, and reduce blood sugar levels anywhere from 70 to 140 points. Walk at moderate to slightly fast pace. Take a sugar repository (raisins, sugar tab, prunes, small chocolate bar) with you in case of hypo-glicemia.

There are two extremely useful vitamin complements made today specifically for diabetics: one is Diabetes Health Pack, by Nature Made, and the other is DiaBasics, by Nature's Bounty. get them! Diabetes tends to deplete the body of folic acid, zinc, and B-vitamins. Get these other complements to your diet:
B3 80-120mgs
B5 40-60mgs
B6 60-80mgs
B12 80-120mgs
Zinc 25-35 mcg
Folic Acid 350-400 mcg
For more effective absorbtion of B vitamins, get a lot of sunlight.
Another bit of advice (for humalog users) - adjust the humalog quantity proportional to the sugar level right before meal time. Be flexible with humalog, and go about a way to do so with your doctor.
Green Tea and Garlic are indispensable nutrients for diabetics. Use them freely. Ginseng also helps reduce sugar levels. Passion fruit peel powder is also very effective.
If your sugar rate is above 230 - wait to lower it before you exercise.

Finally - when you start any physical exercise on a routine basis, you'll need to reduce insulin intake.
If you discipline yourself with the sugar readings and close monitoring with a doctor, you will be able to lead a completely normal life.

Do you have diabetes?

Blondy, I've been diabetic for five years now. I have type 1. It took me a lot of trial and error, and research, to compile my piece of advice.

Blondy, I've been diabetic for five years now. I have type 1. It took me a lot of trial and error, and research, to compile my piece of advice.
Cool, thanks for sharing.

If you discipline yourself with the sugar readings and close monitoring with a doctor, you will be able to lead a completely normal life.
Well, I wouldn't call it a normal life, with all the extra precautions we have to take in our daily lives. I would rather say that we can live a good life :)
Thanks for sharing this information by the way :)

Take care :wave:

Well, I think that any lifestyle you can comfortably maintain indefinately without feeling deprived or put-upon is "normal". One of the few nice things about diabetes is that almost all of the "advice" for living healthily with it boils down to "Just do all those things that you were always supposed to do anyway in order to stay fit": eat healthy food; exercise as much as convenient; keep to a consistent schedule; don't smoke; don't drink too much.

It may not be the lifestyle most people would keep to on their own, but it's not really a different lifestyle than that of a non-diabetic who strives to take good care of their health.

Well, I think that any lifestyle you can comfortably maintain indefinately without feeling deprived or put-upon is "normal". One of the few nice things about diabetes is that almost all of the "advice" for living healthily with it boils down to "Just do all those things that you were always supposed to do anyway in order to stay fit": eat healthy food; exercise as much as convenient; keep to a consistent schedule; don't smoke; don't drink too much.

It may not be the lifestyle most people would keep to on their own, but it's not really a different lifestyle than that of a non-diabetic who strives to take good care of their health.

I agree 100%. Fine, testing my blood sugar may not be "normal", but since I can do a test in under one minute, it still only takes about 10 minutes out of my day. Since I am on a pump, calculating what I need to take insulin wise for my blood sugar and for my carbs also takes less than 10 minutes per day. So it's not that big a deal.

I work hard to take care of myself, but I have a couple of non-diabetic friends who work just as hard staying fit and healthy.

Cora

What about when you've been diabetic for 33 yrs. and you have high's without any reason? I think I'm doing everything right and it drives me nuts when I have a 250 for NO reason! I've been on the pump for 10 yrs. also tried Symlin but my new Dr. doesn't like it???????? advise please Jen