When is the best time to exercise?

DIABETES DIGEST – Feb. 18, 2015 – People with type 2 diabetes are often told to exercise to help control their blood sugar. Few people ask, “what is the best time of day to exercise?” 

To find out, researchers led by Jill Kanaley, professor at the University of Missouri Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology tested whether exercising before or after dinner makes a difference. Their findings were published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. 

Not all people with type 2 diabetes benefit from exercise

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DIABETES DIGEST – Nov. 20, 2014 – If you have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and exercise regularly but see no improvement in your blood sugar control, you are not alone. 

A study in the current issue of the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism shows that as many as 20 percent of people with type 2 diabetes do not see any improvement in blood sugar management even when they take part in supervised exercise.