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Ginger Vieira

Ginger Vieira, Health Guide

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Type 1, Health & Chronic Illness Life Coach, personal trainer

High Blood Sugars & Weight Gain...

One of the very important things I don't noticed being emphasized very often from doctos or diabetes educators, is the very clear fct that the more ups and downs you see in your blood sugar, the more ilkely you are to gain weight. There are a lot of physiological reasons for this, and I'll go into them a bit here...but the most important part of... Read moreChevron
Svati

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Type 1 since 2000

First Race Brings Nervousness, High Blood Sugars

This weekend I rowed in my first college regatta. Since Dartmouth was hosting, the team didn't have to travel for the race, which was good - I think that would have made the whole event much more stressful.    Anyway, I woke up at about 8 am on Saturday morning with butterflies in my stomach and a bg of 118. It was too early to worry... Read moreChevron
Ginger Vieira

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Type 1, Health & Chronic Illness Life Coach, personal trainer

ASK GINGER - My energy is zonked when my blood sugar is all over the place?

Hey Ginger,   I know that blood sugars that aren't in control, like a low blood sugar, can make you feel really tired, and highs make me feel pretty groggy. My energy is just totally zonked when my blood sugars are all over the place. If I wake up with a high bs then I don't even wanna get out of bed! But I had a question about whether it's... Read moreChevron
posted 09/24/2009, comments (0)|
Ginger Vieira

Ginger Vieira, Health Guide

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Type 1, Health & Chronic Illness Life Coach, personal trainer

ASK GINGER - Do things like stress and getting my period really raise my blood sugar?

Dear Ginger, Do things like stress and getting my period really affect my sensitivity to insulin?-AmyHey Amy,YES! Even though we only think of food, exercise and insulin as having major impacts on our blood sugars, there are a lot of other factors that a non-diabetic’s body automatically adjusts for that our bodies do not! However, we all... Read moreChevron
posted 12/01/2008, comments (0)|
Ginger Vieira

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Type 1, Health & Chronic Illness Life Coach, personal trainer

Checking Blood Sugars: My Diabetes Science Experiment

It would be nice if, for the sake of my blood sugar, every day were exactly the same. I’d wake up at the same time, eat the same breakfast, lunch and dinner, spend the same amount of time sitting in class and exercising, go to bed at exactly the same time every day, and of course take the same amount of insulin at the same time every single... Read moreChevron
posted 02/29/2008, comments (0)|

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