Regular exercise will enable you to become physically fit (for a Person of your age, sex and physical status). When you’re physically fit, you will feel better about yourself and about your looks.Regular exercise will enable you to improve the control of your blood glucose. It will help, along with your diabetes meal plan and medication, if prescribed, to normalize your blood glucose levels.Regular exercise will help you lower your blood fat levels and blood pressure. By doing this, you will decrease your risks for future heart and circulatory system problems. When combined with a reduced-kilojoules diet, regular exercise will help you lose excess weight. Exercise burns kilojoules that otherwise would be stored as fat and helps reset your metabolic clock to your reduced-kilojoules diet.Regular exercise will help you slow down the progress of aging. It will keep your muscles built up and your joints flexible and may even make your bones stronger.Regular exercise will help you perform the physical tasks required for pleasant, independent living. This ability will become more valuable to you as the years go by. You will be fitter, stronger, more energetic and more flexible when your non-exercising peers become less mobile and more dependent on the help of others.
Exercise choicesThere is not one “perfect” exercise for all persons who have been diagnosed as having a touch of diabetes. What works for you may not work for one of your friends or even for other members of your family.There are many exercise choices you may make and some that you shouldn’t make.You need to select an exercise or a couple of exercises that fun for you, that fit your lifestyle and budget, and that little risk of potential harm. For instance, if you have problems with your knees along with your diabetes, you may not want to choose an exercise that will put further strain on your feet and knees, such as jogging or skipping.Before you get to choices, it’s a good idea to discuss exercise with the doctor treating your diabetes.*23/210/5*
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Here are some of the things you should check or have checked for you. Use these lists as a quick reference for maintaining good diabetic control.
Your lifestyle
1. Your diet should be high in fibre and low in saturated fats and sugary foods (refined carbohydrates), with no added salt. It should contain the right number of calories for you to achieve and remain at the ideal body weight for your height. Review your diet with a dietitian or nutritionist at least once a year.
2. Take regular exercise appropriately graded for your age and fitness level.
3. Do not smoke.
4. Drink alcohol in moderation only.
5. Get the amount of sleep and relaxation you need.
Your glucose balance
1. Test your blood glucose concentrations at least once a week, preferably once a day or more often. Check your measuring technique when you visit your diabetic adviser (I shall refer to a clinic visit from now on for simplicity), preferably against a venous laboratory glucose measurement.
2. Test your urine glucose concentrations, if you wish, at least once a week, preferably once a day or more often. Check your measuring technique at the clinic.
3. Your hemoglobin A1C should be checked at every clinic visit (if these are more than a month apart).
4. Test your urine ketone concentrations if your glucose is high, or you feel ill or are pregnant
Your drugs
Make sure you have the following:
1. Insulin, in date, enough for use and to cover breakages; stored correctly.
2. Your oral hypoglycemic pills, in date, enough for use and to cover loss.
3. Pills for other conditions, in date, enough for use and to cover loss.
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Life will be much easier if your family, friends and colleagues know that you have diabetes. It means that you can work out the problems of your diabetes in front of them if you have to, without being embarrassed.
You can also tell them what to do if you have a hypoglycemic attack. If you are relaxed about it, they will be too. By showing them that diabetes does not interfere with your being an efficient employee, a good friend, a super-mum, you are teaching them to be a little more receptive to the next diabetic person they meet.
Some people with diabetes are kind enough to help others who are in difficulties. Their help is especially important for those who have just been diagnosed diabetic. If they see that you are happy, fit and well, they will be much less frightened at the prospect of having diabetes for the rest of their lives. If you would like to do this, to offer your help to your local diabetic association or hospital, it will be greatly appreciated. A few centers run courses for diabetics to learn how to teach others about their condition.
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