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What is insulin?
This is the main hormone involved in diabetes.
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What are carbohydrates?
The main nutrient in food that causes a rise in blood sugar.
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What is lower it
This is what should happen to your blood sugar when you exercise.
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What is the pancreas?
The organ that produces insulin.
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What are vegetables?
A good strategy for healthy eating is to fill your half of your plate with these
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What are cardiovascular activity, resistance training and stretching.
Two of the three types of exercise that have been discussed during group medical appointments.
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What is a glucometer?
A machine used to measure blood glucose
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What is 15 grams?
The number of grams of carbohydrate in one choice or one serving
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What is 150?
The minimum number of minutes of cardiovascular activity that an adult should perform per week.
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What is hypoglycaemia?
Another word to describe low blood sugar
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What is a balanced snack?
One serving of carbohydrate with some protein is called this
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What is A1C, hemoglobin A1C or glycated hemoglobin?
The lab value that measures how well controlled a person's blood sugar has been for the past three months.
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What are saturated or trans fats?
One of the two most unhealthy types of dietary fat
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