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How Often Should I Test My Blood Sugar?
Testing your blood sugar at home is an essential part of managing diabetes. Monitoring your blood levels throughout the day can help you improve diabetes management. And with today’s blood glucose meters, it’s easy and quick to measure your blood sugar.

Does Sugar-free Mean Carb-free?
If you’re living with diabetes, you know how important your diet is to helping you manage your blood sugar. Learning more about what’s in your food can help you do a better job at making healthy choices.

Type 2 Diabetes and Gender Differences
Data shows that men with diabetes – specifically type 2 diabetes – are more likely to receive a diagnosis than women are.[i] However, research indicates that women who have diabetes are more likely to experience complications than men.[ii] That’s because diabetes affects men and women in different ways throughout their life. Here’s a closer look at some of the gender differences in diabetes, as well as some of the reasons for them.

How to Manage Exercise and Insulin
Regular exercise helps improve blood sugar management in individuals with type 2 diabetes.[i] It offers health benefits like increased insulin sensitivity, improved muscle strength, and heart health in individuals with type 2 diabetes, too.[ii]

Carbohydrates 101: What are Healthy/Complex Carbs?
Foods that have carbohydrates turn into glucose (blood sugar) when your body digests them. If you have diabetes, you know that managing your blood sugar is essential. That means that managing carbohydrate consumption is key, too.

How are the eyes affected by diabetes?
Diabetes can affect the body in many ways. When you’re paying so much attention to your blood sugar levels every day, it’s easy for things like skincare, foot care and eye health to slip your mind. Keeping an eye on your, well, eyes, is super important when you’re living with diabetes. Keep on reading to find out how diabetes affects the eyes and how you can maintain good eye health.

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