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Top 7 Ways that Exercise Helps Diabetics

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Friday, 22 January 2010 07:32

1. Exercise increase insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism. The key problem of Type 2 diabetics is insulin insensitivity, or insulin resistance. By exercising you can improve how well your insulin works; this helps you to control your blood glucose level.

Exercise is an important tool in managing your diabetes in order to live a longer, healthier life.

2. Exercise improves your cholesterol levels. Exercise helps by raising the nice kind of cholesterol (HDL) and lowering the bad kind of cholesterol (LDL). Exercise can also lower triglyceride levels. This is nice news for diabetics as diabetics are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease.

I myself have had cholesterol problems, but between proper diet and exercise and no drugs, I now have a much healthier cholesterol levels.

3. Exercise can decrease blood pressure. Plenty of diabetics also have hypertension or high blood pressure. Exercising can reduce both your resting blood pressure and your blood pressure during hard work (including exercise). This is important for reducing your chances of heart disease and stroke. I also used be on blood pressure medication, and have been able to get off the drugs. Because of the strong genetic component, this took over diet and exercise; I take several supplements specifically to help keep my blood pressure in the healthy ranges. I also work on stress management and meditate, but exercise is a key ingredient to lowering it in most people.

5. Exercise can improve your mood. Diabetes can be a stressful disease, exercising can help you feel better mentally. Exercise can even improve depression which can be an issue with a disease like Diabetes.

4. Exercise can also improve heart efficiency, and help it work less. This also helps with the cardiovascular risk factors. You will be able to exercise harder and it does not feel harder. This will make performing your every day tasks less hard. Plenty of people do not exercise because they think they do not have the energy. They need to exercise to get the energy. Your resting heart rate can also lower.

7. Exercise helps you to reduce your chances of diabetic complications. Better control of your blood glucose helps prevent serious complications of Diabetes, including blindness, neuropathy, and kidney failure.

6. Exercise aids dramatically in weight-loss and maintaining weight-loss. Specifically, the right kind and right amount of exercise aids in fat-loss and preservation of muscle tissue. Losing weight can improve blood pressure, insulin resistance, glucose levels, and cholesterol levels above and beyond what exercise alone does.

talk to your doctor and start exercising! You will feel so much better!

 
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