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Mayo Clinic: “Hyperglycemia in diabetes,” “Diabetes and exercise: When to monitor your blood sugar,” “Blood sugar testing: Why, when and how,” “Hyperglycemia in diabetes.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Carbohydrates,” “How Much Fiber You Need and Why It Matters,” “How Walking After Eating Impacts Your Blood Sugar,” “Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State (HHS),” “Hyperglycemia (High Blood Sugar).”
American Heart Association: “Carbohydrates,” “American Heart Association Recommendations for Physical Activity in Adults and Kids,” “No Time for Exercise? Here Are Seven Easy Ways to Move More!”
CDC: “Fiber: The Carb That Helps You Manage Diabetes,” “Monitoring Your Blood Sugar.”
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: “Fiber.”
Oregon State University, Linus Pauling Institute: “Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load.”
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County of Los Angeles: “Glycemic Index.”
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National Library of Medicine: “Pacific Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults: Framework for Accelerating the Communication of Physical Activity Guidelines.”
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Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Losing Weight When You He Diabetes.”
Sleep Foundation: “Sleep and Blood Glucose Levels,” “How To Make Your Room Dark.”
Primary Care Diabetes: “Effects of sleep intervention on glucose control: A narrative review of clinical evidence.”
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Cureus: “Probiotics and Their Role in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (Short-Term Versus Long-Term Effect): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.”
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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: “6 tips to lower your blood sugar.”
Yale Medicine: “Hyperglycemia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments.”
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Annals of Rehabilitative Medicine: “Changes in Blood Glucose Level After Steroid Injection for Musculoskeletal Pain in Patients With Diabetes.”
Evidence-Based Practice: “Do intra-articular steroid injections affect blood glucose levels in diabetic patients?”
The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery: “Blood Glucose Levels in Diabetic Patients Following Corticosteroid Injections into the Subacromial Space of the Shoulder.”