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by Terri Clapsaddle, RD, LDN, CDE
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Saturday, 08 July 2006 |
Control and maintenance of diabetes includes 3 important components: Nutrition, Exercise, and Medication.
This is the diabetes triangle that connects lifestyle choices to living
longer with diabetes. How do these components work together?
- Proper nutrition does several things. By proper variety, you will
get the vitamins and minerals you need from your food, and will
increase glucose control. By proper timing of meals, you can make sure
that your medications will be working at the time they are designed to.
By proper portion control, weight loss can be achieved, and often time
a decrease need for diabetes medications.
- Exercise is extremely important to the life of someone with
diabetes. Exercise also helps with weight loss, but helps directly
decrease blood glucose levels in most cases. Medications may need to be
adjusted around an exercise schedule; often less medications have to be
used before a bout of exercise. Proper nutrition will give you energy
to do exercise. Carbohydrates are particularly important for providing
this energy.
- Medications are designed to work either with or around the food you
consume, depending on which diabetes medication your health care
provider has you on. Again, often medications can be decreased on
exercise days. (ask your doctor before you make any adjustment in your
medications.)
Exercise is extremely important to the life of someone with
diabetes. Exercise also helps with weight loss, but helps directly
decrease blood glucose levels in most cases. Medications may need to be
adjusted around an exercise schedule; often less medications have to be
used before a bout of exercise. Proper nutrition will give you energy
to do exercise. Carbohydrates are particularly important for providing
this energy.
Medications are designed to work either with or around the food you
consume, depending on which diabetes medication your health care
provider has you on. Again, often medications can be decreased on
exercise days. (ask your doctor before you make any adjustment in your
medications.)
Diabetes is a condition that you can control. To find out more
how these components work together, contact 1-800-DIABETES or go to http://www.diabetes.org/.
Terri Clapsaddle, RD, LDN, CDE is a Registered and Licensed
Dietitian and a Certified Diabetes Educator with 19 Years of
Clinical and Wellness experience, currently practicing in Diabetes
Self-Management and Consulting. Terri is currently at The Center
for Diabetes Health at Caldwell Health Care System. www.caldwell-mem.org
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