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How do people with diabetes exercise and maintain health?

Asked by:Cerberus

Asked on:Apr 01, 2026 02:20 AM

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  • Beckett Beckett

    Apr 01, 2026

      Exercise therapy is one of the important methods in the treatment of diabetes. appropriate activities exercise The effect on diabetics is:

      1. You can lose weight. Obesity is one of the important factors that contribute to the occurrence and development of diabetes. After losing weight, the sensitivity of many tissue cells in the body to insulin increases, which reduces the need for insulin and stabilizes the condition.

      2. Promote the use of blood sugar by muscles and strengthen the regulation and improvement of sugar metabolism. Grape Sugar utilization, thereby lowering blood sugar and urine sugar.

      3. Muscles use more fatty acids, thereby lowering blood lipids.

      4. Enhance physical fitness, improve metabolism and cardiopulmonary function to reduce cardiovascular complications.

      In terms of exercise methods, you can choose according to your own needs healthy According to the situation, choose less strenuous activities such as Tai Chi, Baduanjin, Qigong, walking, aerobics, and table tennis. Exercise twice a day. Each exercise should not exceed 30 minutes. Do not be overly tired.

      The appropriate time to exercise is generally 1-1.5 hours after a meal, because blood sugar is higher at this time, and exercise can lower blood sugar. Do not exercise on an empty stomach. Patients who inject insulin are best to engage in activities after the insulin has taken effect to avoid hypoglycemia.