Jay Cutler Tests Up to Six Times a Game to Keep His Diabetes in Check

I’m always interested in athletes with diabetes, aren’t you? It seems that much more difficult to manage diabetes when you are always pushing your body to the limit.

But many athletes, like Denver Broncos Quarterback Jay Cutler, manage just fine thank you very much. Cutler checks his blood up to six times each game (which generally lasts about three hours.)

He was apparently diagnosed “last spring just before his 25th birthday” and keeps Gatorade on hand to raise his blood sugar if he drops too low. Or if he gets too high, he takes insulin.

I applaud Jay Cutler for reminding us all that diabetes does not have to slow you down. It just means you have to do things a little differently (like check your blood sugar more often.)