Top 7 Ways that Exercise Helps Diabetics

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Exercise is an important tool in managing your diabetes in order

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Top 7 Ways that Exercise Helps Diabetics

Copyright © 2005 Katrina McKenna

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http://www.metamorfitness.com/

Exercise is an important tool in managing your diabetes in order

to live a longer, healthier life.

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.

2. Exercise improves your cholesterol levels. Exercise helps by

raising the good kind of cholesterol (HDL) and lowering the bad

kind of cholesterol (LDL). Exercise can also lower triglyceride

levels. This is good 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. Many diabetics also have

hypertension or high blood pressure. Exercising can reduce both

your resting blood pressure and your blood pressure during effort

(including exercise). This is very 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 more than just

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.

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 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

also 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 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.

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.

Please talk to your doctor and start exercising!

You will feel so much better!

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Katrina McKenna is the leading diabetes and 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 and Feel Great with Diabetes " . For

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Fitness Journal please go to: http://www.metamorfitness.com