Type 2 Diabetes - Exercise, the Heart, and Muscle Tone in Diabetes
Physical activity is recommended for Type 2 diabetics who are able to tolerate it.
Exercise helps to control your weight and helps your body to use insulin to lower blood sugar levels.
Investigators at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Canada, looked at the effects of a training program on the heart and muscle strength of people who had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
Their study, published in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness in February 2013, included 12 people with Type 2 diabetes.
Using less oxygen means the patients' bodies grew more efficient at using oxygen in a matter of only three months.
Stronger muscles means larger muscles capable of using more insulin to take in sugar and use it for energy, lowering blood sugar levels.
Aerobic exercise refers to locomotor movements, such as walking, running, dancing, swimming, bicycling, and jumping on a trampoline.
When your pulse gets faster and you begin to breath faster you are taking in and moving more air and oxygen.
The easiest, least expensive aerobic exercise for most people, is walking.
Most of us need no training or practice at it, and it requires no special equipment or other people to play.
Try taking the stairs instead of using an elevator whenever possible.
An Israeli folk dance called the hora can be danced in a circle with any number of people, or you can dance it alone.
Stand up and put both arms out to your sides.
If dancing with others, hold hands in a circle.
Step to the left with your left foot.
Put the ball of your right foot behind your left foot.
Take another step to the left on your left foot.
Then kick your right foot to the left, in front of your left foot.
Put down your right foot and kick to the right with your left foot in front of your right foot.
Put down your left foot and repeat each step again.
If you are with others, hold hands in a circle.
Playing lively music will help you get into the spirit of things.
Why not have fun when you exercise? Resistance training refers to pushing against a surface.
Lifting weights, hitting a bag, doing push-ups, and pushing against a wall are resistance exercises.
While sitting at a desk or watching television, lift the two heaviest books you own over your head.
See how many groceries you can carry into the house at once.
Everything helps.
Exercise helps to control your weight and helps your body to use insulin to lower blood sugar levels.
Investigators at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Canada, looked at the effects of a training program on the heart and muscle strength of people who had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
Their study, published in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness in February 2013, included 12 people with Type 2 diabetes.
- for three months the 6 men and 6 women performed two sessions of both aerobic and resistance training per week.
- by the end of the study their heart rate and need for oxygen was significantly lower than it had been three months earlier and their muscle strength increased.
Using less oxygen means the patients' bodies grew more efficient at using oxygen in a matter of only three months.
Stronger muscles means larger muscles capable of using more insulin to take in sugar and use it for energy, lowering blood sugar levels.
Aerobic exercise refers to locomotor movements, such as walking, running, dancing, swimming, bicycling, and jumping on a trampoline.
When your pulse gets faster and you begin to breath faster you are taking in and moving more air and oxygen.
The easiest, least expensive aerobic exercise for most people, is walking.
Most of us need no training or practice at it, and it requires no special equipment or other people to play.
Try taking the stairs instead of using an elevator whenever possible.
An Israeli folk dance called the hora can be danced in a circle with any number of people, or you can dance it alone.
Stand up and put both arms out to your sides.
If dancing with others, hold hands in a circle.
Step to the left with your left foot.
Put the ball of your right foot behind your left foot.
Take another step to the left on your left foot.
Then kick your right foot to the left, in front of your left foot.
Put down your right foot and kick to the right with your left foot in front of your right foot.
Put down your left foot and repeat each step again.
If you are with others, hold hands in a circle.
Playing lively music will help you get into the spirit of things.
Why not have fun when you exercise? Resistance training refers to pushing against a surface.
Lifting weights, hitting a bag, doing push-ups, and pushing against a wall are resistance exercises.
While sitting at a desk or watching television, lift the two heaviest books you own over your head.
See how many groceries you can carry into the house at once.
Everything helps.
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