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Top seven Ways that Exercise Helps Diabetics |
by:
Katrina McKenna |
Exercise is an important tool in managing your diabetes in order to live a longer, healthier life.
1. Exercise increase insulin sensitivity also glucose metabolism. The key problem of Type two 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.
2. Exercise improves your cholesterol levels. Exercise helps by raising the good kind of cholesterol (HDL) also lowering the bad kind of cholesterol (LDL). Exercise can or else lower triglyceride levels. This is good news for diabetics as diabetics are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. I myself have had cholesterol problems, however between proper diet also exercise also no drugs, I now have a much healthier cholesterol levels.
3. Exercise can decrease blood pressure. Many diabetics or else have hypertension or high blood pressure. Exercising can reduce both your resting blood pressure also your blood pressure during effort (including exercise). This is very important for reducing your chances of heart disease also stroke. I or else used be on blood pressure medication, also have been able to get off the drugs. Because of the strong genetic component, this took more than just diet also exercise; I take several supplements specifically to help keep my blood pressure in the healthy ranges. I or else work on stress management also meditate, however exercise is a key ingredient to lowering it in most people.
4. Exercise can or else improve heart efficiency, also help it work less. This or else helps with the cardiovascular risk factors. You will be able to exercise harder also it does not feel harder. This will make performing your daily tasks easier. Many 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 or else lower.
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.
6. Exercise aids dramatically in weight-loss also maintaining weight-loss. Specifically, the right kind also right amount of exercise aids in fat-loss also preservation of muscle tissue. Losing weight can improve blood pressure, insulin resistance, glucose levels, also cholesterol levels above also beyond what exercise alone does.
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, also kidney failure.
Please talk to your doctor also start exercising! You will feel so much better!
About the author:
Katrina McKenna is the leading diabetes also heart disease fitness expert. She is the author of the upcoming book "Diabetes Secrets: How You Can Lose Weight, Control Your Blood Sugar, Look Great also Feel Great with Diabetes". For more information also to subscribe to her free Health also Fitness Journal please go to: http://www.metamorfitness.com
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