Why Diabetes is Different for Men
Much of what makes men with diabetes different from women with diabetes has to do with muscles — and how they use them.
Dr. Gerald Bernstein, director of FDI’s Diabetes Management Program, is a young-at-heart endocrinologist who knows firsthand how muscles affect the way insulin acts in the body. “After running was no longer an option for me, I went to the gym. I noticed that resistance training, using machines and weights, not only made my muscles bigger, it made me lose weight. And, to my great joy, my diabetes was easier to manage!” (more…)