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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
If you have diabetes, you?re sure to have been told about how important exercise is when it comes to controlling your blood glucose levels. Now new research indicates that what kind of exercise you do and when you do it can alter the beneficial effects.
Experts recommend exercise because it boosts the uptake of glucose into the body?s cells and counteracts high blood sugar levels that can occur after eating. Ideally, people with diabetes should aim for a minimum of three to four 40-minute aerobic exercise sessions each week. But it?s important to be careful that your that blood sugar levels don?t drop too low if you are on insulin or some of the other treatments for type 2 because of the risk of hypoglycaemia.
http://www.saga.co.uk/health/news/2012/march/diabetes-and-exercise.aspx
Experts recommend exercise because it boosts the uptake of glucose into the body?s cells and counteracts high blood sugar levels that can occur after eating. Ideally, people with diabetes should aim for a minimum of three to four 40-minute aerobic exercise sessions each week. But it?s important to be careful that your that blood sugar levels don?t drop too low if you are on insulin or some of the other treatments for type 2 because of the risk of hypoglycaemia.
http://www.saga.co.uk/health/news/2012/march/diabetes-and-exercise.aspx