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Do the Big Blue Test: help yourself, help others!
Doing the Big Blue Test is easy! Just test your glucose, get active for 14-20 minutes, test again, and share your results at BigBlueTest.org. You can enter as many Big Blue Tests from now until the end of the day of November 14th.
The Big Blue Test, a diabetes awareness program started by the nonprofit Diabetes Hands Foundation. The campaign reinforces the importance of exercise in managing diabetes. People with diabetes are encouraged to do the Big Blue Test any day between October 14th and November 14 at midnight Pacific Time, by testing their blood sugar, getting active, testing again, and sharing the results online at bigbluetest.org.
The website aggregates all of the data collected live. In the last two years, just 14 minutes of exercise decreased participants’ blood sugar level between 15 and 20 percent.
In 2010, more than 2,000 people did the Big Blue Test. Over 120,000 people watched the Big Blue Test video. Roche Diabetes Care, makers of ACCU-CHEK® diabetes products and services, funded the production of the video and helped it go viral by donating 75 cents for each of the first 100,000 views, resulting in total donation of $75,000. The donation provided insulin and supplies to more than 2,000 people with diabetes in developing countries.
This year, in connection with the number of people that do the Big Blue Test, another donation from Roche Diabetes Care will benefit people with diabetes in need. Five nonprofit organizations focused on helping underserved areas with a high incidence of diabetes in the United States will each receive $10,000, while $25,000 will go to support similar work internationally. Read more about the grantees here
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Comment by Chele on November 14, 2010 at 2:14pm -
112 before
60 minutes of mild avtivity
80 tested after activity
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Comment by Pat Van Dyne on November 14, 2010 at 2:06pm -
108 before and 85 after splitting wood for 15 or so minutes.
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Comment by Maureen on November 14, 2010 at 2:01pm -
BG Before =129 and BG After = 86. Went for a walk in the cool wind but bright blue skies of Arizona.
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Comment by Richard157 on November 14, 2010 at 1:54pm -
I dropped from 113 to 86. I did a fast 14 minute walk on my treadmill, but I would have dropped much less if I had done a slower walk outdoors.
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Comment by Jeanne on November 14, 2010 at 1:53pm -
Before:205
After: 207
14 minuets of yoga
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Comment by Tarra on November 14, 2010 at 1:35pm -
I was before 99 after 85. I went for brisk walk with diabetic alert dog Dutchess around the neighborhood.
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Comment by Kristen on November 14, 2010 at 1:28pm -
Before: 158
After: 137
Took the family out to walk around the neighborhood! We are lucky we didn't need our snow boots yet!! :)
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Comment by AngelaC on November 14, 2010 at 1:19pm -
Before: 126 (40 minutes after lunch); After (1 hr later): 81.
Exercise of choice: Leaf raking -- so got some aerobic and anerobic exercise in!
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Comment by Bob on November 14, 2010 at 1:13pm -
139 mg/dl before and 60 mg/dl after running up the mountain behind my house. I clicked on the photo option so hopefully you'll see some of the big blue sky over the Berkshires.
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Comment by FatCatAnna on November 14, 2010 at 1:11pm -
Before: 3.1 (had to have some DEX4 :( )
After: 5.4 (didn`t exactly do the stair climbing at the pace I wanted to do outside of the City Hall of Montreal - but I did it!)
Never thought of testing my nonD hubby for this - that`s a good idea Melissa - will include him in it next year :)
Zumba, zumba Manny :) .
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