Exercise
- Essential part of diabetes management
- Increases insulin sensitivity
- Lowers blood glucose levels
- Decreases insulin resistance
- Decreases weight
- Reduces cardiovascular risk factors
Resistance (strength) training, such as weight lifting, can increase lean muscle mass,
thereby increasing the resting metabolic rate. These effects are useful in diabetes in
relation to losing weight, easing stress, and maintaining a feeling of well-being.
Exercise also alters blood lipid concentrations, increasing levels of high-density
lipoproteins and decreasing total cholesterol and triglyceride levels.Exercise/ Precautions
- Don‘t exercise if blood glucose > 250 mg/dL or if there is ketone bodies in the urine.
- Don‘t exercise when the insulin at its peak