About ExCarbs
Our aim at ExCarbs is to help people with diabetes using insulin to feel comfortable with taking up exercise – our advice is not aimed at elite athletes but hopefully covers the basic rules for most people living with diabetes.
Remember that if exercise is sustained you will become much more sensitive to the effect of insulin and the dose needed will fall which is a really good result!
Plan Your Exercise
Plan Your
Exercise
Regular exercise has many benefits for people who need to take insulin everyday. For many people the main barrier to participating in exercise is being unsure of coming up with a personal strategy to avoid lows (hypos) – that is why planning is key.
Start PlanningCalculate Excarbs & Insulin for Exercise
Calculate
Excarbs &
Insulin for
Exercise
The impact of exercise on blood glucose (BG) levels is influenced by the type and intensity of the activity, and duration of exercise. Working these out beforehand makes planning so much easier.
Learn How to Manage Glucose
Learn How to
Manage
Glucose
There is a need to develop a personal strategy to minimize the risk of high and low blood glucose levels before, during and after exercise – everyone is different but there are some simple ways to start.
Learn NowSee What Others Say
See What
Others Say
This is a rapidly changing field where hearing about people’s individual experiences can help others. Increasingly technology is going to help people on insulin start exercise and improve their fitness – we aim to highlight what is new and what is hot.
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