* EXERCISE
you’re going also works. Walking to work, walking to the store and walking your dog all matter as well. Combining all of these activities counts towards daily exercise, and can make a tremendous improvement in your blood sugar control if you have diabetes.
IS THAT CANDY WORTH A WORKOUT? The old saying that you are what you eat may be over- used — but it’s absolutely true. If you look at food as a potential source of energy, then when choosing what to eat you may want to ask yourself: “If I eat this, what is it doing for my body, and what is it costing my health?” The average piece of candy contains about 30 calo- ries, which doesn’t sound like much. However, most people only burn about 30 calories after running an en- tire lap around a track. So eating four pieces of candy would cost you an entire mile of running (that’s quite a lot of exercise!) just to get back to a baseline level of metabolism. Once you keep this in mind, you may think twice before taking a bite of that candy.
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TREATMENT
Sometimes medicines are used to assist with achiev- ing enough blood sugar control. Metformin, which is used in many patients with diabetes, is also used often in patients with prediabetes, in which blood sugar is high, but not high enough to be type 2 diabetes. Metformin works in several ways, many of which are used in combination with exercise. Metformin helps to stimulate muscle to pull sugar out of the bloodstream. When combined with exercise, it can be an excellent medicine to help people with diabetes lower their blood sugar or even help those with prediabetes pre- vent further advancement towards diabetes. Healthcare providers advise that both diet and exer- cise should be used as a firstline treatment for people with diabetes to achieve adequate blood sugar control. If diet and exercise are not enough to reach your goals, you should discuss the use of medicines with your pro- vider. But it may be possible for you to have excellent blood sugar control with diet and exercise alone.
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