Exercise plays an important part in maintaining your health. There are countless benefits and effects to physical activity, and these impacts are especially important to people living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. How does exercise affect your blood sugar? Does exercise impact insulin levels? Can people with diabetes work out without suffering from…
Hypoglycemia unawareness is a health condition where an individual with diabetes does not experience the normal very early caution signs of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar level). Normally, when an individual’s blood sugar falls, the body attempts to elevate it by launching hormones, glucagon and epinephrine. Glucagon stimulates the liver to launch stored blood sugar. Epinephrine…
Here’s a brief story about a type 1 diabetic, driving and hypoglycemia. My friend has type 1 diabetes and uses an insulin pump had some issues when she was driving last summer. While driving her young son to get ice cream on familiar roads, her sugar dropped dangerously low. Recalling from that ride is how the…
