Tag: Nerve

What kind of exercise is safe - and fun - if you have nerve pain from diabetes, called diabetic neuropathy? And how can you stay motivated after that first flush of inspiration fades?

"It depends on where you're starting," says Dace L. Trence, MD, an endocrinologist and director of the Diabetes Care Center at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. "For the person who has been doing nothing, you would certainly want to start doing something that's comfortable and enjoyable and can be maintained."

Eating right may help protect your nerves from diabetic neuropathy.

If you have diabetes, you already know the drill. What you eat, when you eat, and how much you eat can send your blood sugar skyrocketing -- or make it plummet. For better or worse, "diet and diabetes" go together like salt and pepper.