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The 14th of November is World Diabetes Day . ( Banting's birthday)
For the last 5 years many members of the Diabetes online community have taken part in the Big Blue test for World diabetes day. Test, do 14 min of exercise ; anything from walking the dog to limbo dancing then test again.
The results of this informal exercise have been published in the journal Diabetes care and have demonstrated that for the majority, just 14 min of exercise can make a positive (or should that be negative!) impact on glucose levels with an average 20% reduction in levels.
Here are my results from 2009 (time flies!)
For the last couple of years, each attempt has been 'sponsored' and a donation given to charities that provide care and insulin to people in need (some in the US but also in other parts of the world)
Join in today, it won't cost you anything but 14 min of your time. (if you don't have the strips or don't have diabetes then you can still do it)
http://bigbluetest.org/what-is-big-blue-test/
For the last 5 years many members of the Diabetes online community have taken part in the Big Blue test for World diabetes day. Test, do 14 min of exercise ; anything from walking the dog to limbo dancing then test again.
The results of this informal exercise have been published in the journal Diabetes care and have demonstrated that for the majority, just 14 min of exercise can make a positive (or should that be negative!) impact on glucose levels with an average 20% reduction in levels.
Here are my results from 2009 (time flies!)
For the last couple of years, each attempt has been 'sponsored' and a donation given to charities that provide care and insulin to people in need (some in the US but also in other parts of the world)
Join in today, it won't cost you anything but 14 min of your time. (if you don't have the strips or don't have diabetes then you can still do it)
http://bigbluetest.org/what-is-big-blue-test/
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