Adequate sleep and physical activity play a critical role in blood sugar management. Aim for daily joyful movement.

Check your blood sugar daily, and maintain your a1c .

Intermittent fasting and eating my last meal five hours before bedtime improves my overnight blood sugar.

Have whatever you want to eat, but learn/know the carb content and have smaller amounts of those foods with higher carbs. I carb count with a 5 to 1 ratio (5 carbs t ... read more

The key to achieving fitness goals, especially, is to know exactly what it is that you actually want, and why you want it. Set measurable and achievable POSITIVE sho ... read more

Fast daily for 16 hrs then eat breakfast keep carbs low then eat later on in the day. Only eat twice a day small in the am and your med sized meal after noon sometim ... read more

Move for 20 min after each meal. Your muscle cells respond to insulin better with physical activity. Hence moving after you bring sugar to your body from your meal h ... read more

Exercise must be carefully planned with intake of food and insulin to prevent hyper- or hypoglycemia.

"Get a good nutrition app on your phone for carb counting. Eat protein with breakfast. Be at least moderately active every day. See your endocrinologist regularly an ... read more

Portion control is an important piece of managing blood sugar in people with diabetes. Pay attention to food labels, use measuring cups, measuring spoons, and a food ... read more

Try using an at home carbonation device like a soda stream to add bubbles to your water or add fresh fruit like oranges, lemons and limes to your water for some extr ... read more

All herbs and spices, like medications, have benefits and potential side effects. For example, some studies show mild benefits in reducing blood sugar from eating ½ ... read more

Stay positive. It can be overwhelming deciding what to eat. When possible, take a walk.

Walk for 10 minutes after every meal to help keep sugar from rising after meals and help lower A1c. Once you start a daily walking program increase time or distance ... read more

Try to eat 2-3 hours prior to exercising, or else eat easily digestible, simple carbs and a smaller portion of protein.

When you are counting the carbs from a label, look at the serving size and factor that in to the total count. When the label reports “sugars” those are already count ... read more

Engage in movement activities that you enjoy, but safely! Some examples include walking, biking, dancing, swimming, skating, and tennis.

There is a lot of information out there. Some of it is fake news so please don’t believe everything you read. Ensure the advice (whether from a diabetes book or from ... read more

Monitor both before and after meal blood sugars.