1. Improve blood glucose management. Activity makes your body more sensitive to the insulin you make. Activity also burns glucose (calories). Both actions lower blood glucose.
   
   
2. Lower blood pressure. Activity helps your heart pump stronger and slower.
   
   
3. Improve blood fats. Exercise can raise good cholesterol (HDL) and lower bad cholesterol (LDL) and triglycerides. These changes are heart healthy.
   
   
4. Take less insulin or diabetes pills. Activity can lower blood glucose and weight. Both of these may lower how much insulin or diabetes pills you need to take.
   
   
5. Lose weight and keep it off. Activity burns calories. If you burn enough calories, you'll trim a few pounds. Stay active and you'll keep the weight off.
   
   
6. Lower risk for other health problems. Reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke, some cancers, and bone loss.
   
   
7. Gain more energy and sleep better. You'll get better sleep in less time and have more energy, too.
   
   
8. Relieve stress. Work out or walk off daily stress.
   
   
9. Build stronger bones and muscles. Weight-bearing activities, such as walking, make bones stronger. Strength-training activities, such as lifting light weights (or even cans of beans), make muscles strong.
   
   
10. Be more flexible. Move easier when you are active

Courtesy: www.diabetes.org

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Carbohydrates are one of the major food categories; the others include proteins and fats. They provide fuel for the body in the form of glucose. Glucose is a sugar that is the primary means of energy for all of the body's cells.
There are two ways to classify carbohydrates—simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates are sugars—like glucose, sucrose, lactose and fructose.  They are found in refined sugar and in fruits. Complex carbohydrates are the starches, which are the simple sugars bonded together chemically - they are found in beans, nuts, vegetables and whole grains.  They are considered healthier, mostly because they are digested by the body slowly and provide a steady source of energy; they also contain valuable amounts of fiber.

Carbohydrates, rather than fats or proteins, have the most immediate effect on your blood glucose since carbohydrates are broken down directly into sugar early during digestion.  It is important to eat the suggested amount of carbohydrates at each meal, along with some protein and fat.

Carbohydrates are mainly found in these food groups: fruit, milk and yogurt, bread, cereal, rice, pasta and starchy vegetables.  You will need to consider the total amount of carbohydrates when working out your daily meal plan.

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