Basic Skills and Concepts
What you’ll learn in this module:
- How to check your blood sugar and interpret results
- What makes blood sugar go up or down
- How to handle blood sugar extremes
- How to engage your doctor in the process
- Understanding diabetes medications
- When and how to incoporate exercise
- The process of evaluations to help you speed your pace to success
- Checking Your Blood Sugars
- Your Doctor
- Understanding Medications
- What Affects Blood Sugars?
- How To Handle Blood Sugar Extremes
- What About Exercise?
- Evaluations
- Why monitoring is important
- Interpreting readings
- Low blood sugar and how to respond
- Types of monitors
- When to check
- Eating to your meter
- Mind drama about blood sugar readings
- How to think about your relationship with your doctor in a way that serves you
- What your doctor thinks is important
- What you think is important
- How to advocate for yourself
- Asking for medication adjustments
- When to call your doctor for medication adjustments
- Medications “control” blood sugars but usually make diabetes worse
- Diabetes medications that increase insulin levels
- Diabetes medications that decrease insulin levels
- Additional medications that most diabetics are prescribed (aspirin, statins, and blood pressure medications to “protect the kidneys”)
- Things that increase blood sugars
- Food and drink
- Stress (physical and emotional)
- Medications (steroids, antipsychotics, antibiotics, etc)
- Dawn Effect
- Tobacco products
- Caffeine and artificial sweeteners
- Things that decrease blood sugars
- Medications and supplements
- Exercise
- Drinking water
- Alcohol
- Low blood sugar
- Definition
- Signs and symptoms
- Treatment
- High blood sugar
- Definition
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Difference between ketosis and diabetic ketoacidosis
- Aerobic vs Resistance
- Intensity
- How to use exercise as a tool
- Fueling exercise
- Being safe
- Your roadmap to success
- Filled with information
- Reduces failure
- What to evaluate
- The process of an evaluation
- Checking Your Blood Sugars
- Your Doctor
- Understanding Medications
- What Affects Blood Sugars?
- How To Handle Blood Sugar Extremes
- What About Exercise?
- Evaluations
- Why monitoring is important
- Interpreting readings
- Low blood sugar and how to respond
- Types of monitors
- When to check
- Eating to your meter
- Mind drama about blood sugar readings
- How to think about your relationship with your doctor in a way that serves you
- What your doctor thinks is important
- What you think is important
- How to advocate for yourself
- Asking for medication adjustments
- When to call your doctor for medication adjustments
- Medications “control” blood sugars but usually make diabetes worse
- Diabetes medications that increase insulin levels
- Diabetes medications that decrease insulin levels
- Additional medications that most diabetics are prescribed (aspirin, statins, and blood pressure medications to “protect the kidneys”)
- Things that increase blood sugars
- Food and drink
- Stress (physical and emotional)
- Medications (steroids, antipsychotics, antibiotics, etc)
- Dawn Effect
- Tobacco products
- Caffeine and artificial sweeteners
- Things that decrease blood sugars
- Medications and supplements
- Exercise
- Drinking water
- Alcohol
- Low blood sugar
- Definition
- Signs and symptoms
- Treatment
- High blood sugar
- Definition
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Difference between ketosis and diabetic ketoacidosis
- Aerobic vs Resistance
- Intensity
- How to use exercise as a tool
- Fueling exercise
- Being safe
- Your roadmap to success
- Filled with information
- Reduces failure
- What to evaluate
- The process of an evaluation
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