Learn Your Way to A Healthier Life

The start of a new year motivates us to create fresh goals, however, for those with diabetes, navigating exercise requires careful monitoring of blood sugar levels. Glucometers can play a crucial role in this process and empower you to achieve your fitness goals, offering invaluable data about blood glucose fluctuations before, during and after exercise.

Halloween is a magical time for kids, full of costumes, trick-or-treating and, of course, candy. However, for people managing diabetes or those keeping an eye on their blood glucose levels, the season can be especially difficult. Learn how glucometers can protect anyone with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) during Halloween without compromising your blood sugar levels!

The brain relies only on sugar to function, so it begins suffering when blood sugar (blood glucose) levels are low, usually less than 70 mg/dl. Hypoglycemia generally occurs when there is an excess of glucose lowering medications, after a long or intense exercise session or inadequate carbohydrate intake. However, it is important to talk to your health care provider about your individual blood glucose targets, and what level is too low for you. Hypoglycemic symptoms are important clues that you...