Action Plan for Diabetes: Your Guide to Controlling Blood Sugar (Action Plan for Health series)
Darryl E. Barnes
Language: English
Pages: 96
ISBN: 2:00214032
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Take control of your blood sugar with Action Plan for Diabetes. This complete guide to managing and preventing complications associated with the disease can significantly decrease your chances of needing insulin injections. This exercise-based plan can be tailored to your body's needs to boost your energy level, help you lose weight, and make you feel stronger than you have in years.
A complete, effective program that allows you to enjoy a healthier, more active lifestyle, Action Plan for Diabetes explains how to build strength, flexibility, and endurance while monitoring and maintaining appropriate blood sugar levels and body weight. It also presents dietary guidelines and the pros and cons of supplements and medications so that you can balance your nutritional needs and exercise to combat swings in blood sugar levels.
Developed with the American College of Sports Medicine, Action Plan for Diabetes presents a proven system with all the essential information you need to safely and effectively manage type 1 and type 2 diabetes and prediabetes for the long term. Action Plan for Diabetes will help you do more than survive; you will thrive and feel better than you ever thought possible!
in the range of patients, you can develop an action plan to control your glucose. Action Plan: Making Glucose Control Your Goal • Understand the effects of diabetes on various bodily systems: • Vision • Kidneys • Cardiovascular system • Nervous system • Listen to your body and talk to your doctor about any suspicions you may have in any of these areas. • Make it your goal to control your glucose as a means of preventing further health problems. • Remember that good foot care can
restricting blood flow to the extremities, peripheral vascular disease can hinder proper muscle function. See chapter 2 to review specifics about peripheral vascular disease. • Peripheral Neuropathy. Symptoms include decreased sensation and burning sensation in the extremities, especially the feet. More extreme symptoms such as numbness or pain in the limbs or decreased control of the muscles or the bowels or bladder can also signal problems with peripheral nerve function. See chapter 2 and the
body’s sensing mechanism that reduces insulin in the blood and increases glucose availability. The second is the ability of the liver and muscles to produce glucose. The body’s sensing mechanism allows it to monitor glucose levels very carefully. And when the blood glucose reaches lower levels than the body cannot tolerate, it activates certain regulatory hormones that induce the breakdown process of stored glucose and new production of sugar in the liver. However, in a person with type 1
chapter 4 for more about resistance exercises.) Stretching: She’ll stretch the large muscle groups (focusing on the quadriceps, hamstrings, and calf muscles) before every aerobic exercising event; she’ll hold each stretch position to the point of mild discomfort for 10 to 30 seconds and repeat 3 to 5 times. (See chapter 4 for more about stretching and flexibility.) Special motivator: The personal goal that will keep Kathy motivated is to compete in a 5K race. Energy Balance Kathy will
well. We typically screen patients for diabetes starting at age 45. However, if a patient is in a high-risk group (African American, Asian, Latino, Native American) or has risk factors for diabetes (such as obesity, high blood pressure, high blood lipid levels, or a first-degree relative with diabetes), we screen the patient for diabetes earlier than age 45. Risk Factors for Diabetes • Member of a high-risk group (African American, Asian, Latino, Native American) • Obesity • High blood