Wieght plays a major part regarding the onset of type 2 diabetes. Most people when first diagnosed with the disease are obese.
So it would seem, that most of us who are diabetic don't particularly enjoy exercise.
Being overwieght can lead to a loss of self confidence. Unless you are a person who is naturally confident in yourself, you probably don't want to start sweating it out in the local gym amongst others who are fit already!
So forget about the gym for the moment - as you progress you may get the bug for exercise and want to join up, but simply going for a walk has been proved to make a big difference to our health. Walking an extra 2 miles a day only takes about three quarters of an hour.
In fact the distance you walk is not really important - it's the time. If you walk in one direction for about ten minutes, then ten minutes back, that's a total of twenty minutes, which is proved to have a positive health effect, on diabetics in particular.
Just being outside and doing some gardening for twenty minutes is as good.
If you are concerned about overdoing it, remember that you want to be doing aerobic exercise, which is low impact and fairly gentle exercise that you can maintain, as opposed to anaerobic exercise which is short term intensive exercise.
The point is this.
As you exercise, the body needs more energy, and this is produced from the glucose and fat stored in the body. The glucose initially comes from the stored glucose in the liver, where it is stored as glycogen. As you keep exercising, and this is where you will see the value of the more consistent aerobic exercise, the stored glucose is used up, and the body starts to use fat as energy. Fat is the preferred source of energy for aerobic exercise, as it actually provides more energy than an equivalent amount of glucose, and it benefits us, as we want to lose the fat!
It's not just wieght loss either. Other conditions are less likely when we exercise regularly, heart disease for example and bad cholesterol levels are reduced.
So it would seem, that most of us who are diabetic don't particularly enjoy exercise.
Being overwieght can lead to a loss of self confidence. Unless you are a person who is naturally confident in yourself, you probably don't want to start sweating it out in the local gym amongst others who are fit already!
So forget about the gym for the moment - as you progress you may get the bug for exercise and want to join up, but simply going for a walk has been proved to make a big difference to our health. Walking an extra 2 miles a day only takes about three quarters of an hour.
In fact the distance you walk is not really important - it's the time. If you walk in one direction for about ten minutes, then ten minutes back, that's a total of twenty minutes, which is proved to have a positive health effect, on diabetics in particular.
Just being outside and doing some gardening for twenty minutes is as good.
If you are concerned about overdoing it, remember that you want to be doing aerobic exercise, which is low impact and fairly gentle exercise that you can maintain, as opposed to anaerobic exercise which is short term intensive exercise.
The point is this.
As you exercise, the body needs more energy, and this is produced from the glucose and fat stored in the body. The glucose initially comes from the stored glucose in the liver, where it is stored as glycogen. As you keep exercising, and this is where you will see the value of the more consistent aerobic exercise, the stored glucose is used up, and the body starts to use fat as energy. Fat is the preferred source of energy for aerobic exercise, as it actually provides more energy than an equivalent amount of glucose, and it benefits us, as we want to lose the fat!
It's not just wieght loss either. Other conditions are less likely when we exercise regularly, heart disease for example and bad cholesterol levels are reduced.
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