Food has an important impact on my blood sugar levels, so I make sure I make healthy snack choices – like whole grains and fruits and veggies.  Also, I'm a huge steak lover, which isn't a bad thing especially since I make sure I eat lean cuts. What's really important for me to manage my diabetes is to be aware of the carbohydrates (or starches) that I eat - things like pasta, bread, cereals, potatoes, fruits. The starches that we eat turn into sugar in the blood, so I try to make sure that the starches I eat are healthy choices, because they tend to take a little bit longer to break down into sugar. I need to balance the starches in my food with my activity and my insulin. With type 2 diabetes, spreading healthy carbohydrate consumption throughout the day is a big help.

As far as exercising, touring and playing my music is a real workout in itself. But I still get in some push-ups and sit-ups. And I run and play baseball whenever I can. In type 2 diabetes, exercise is also very important. Exercise helps your body use the sugars from your food better – and it helps your body respond to insulin better (whether it is insulin made by your body or injected into your body). In fact, exercise is healthy for everyone – even if they don’t have diabetes.

Testing my blood sugar frequently helps me keep my blood sugar levels in check, which allows me to keep performing at my best! I always have plenty of test strips with me so that I can check my blood sugar at any time. Since my CONTOUR® meter from Bayer has No Coding™ technology, my family can also carry extra test strips from any box of CONTOUR® strips.

I use Bayer's CONTOUR® blood glucose meter, which I personalize to match my lifestyle.

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