Is it advisable to do exercise when affected by Diabetes? Which activities would you suggest and how intense should they be?

It is highly recommended to exercise. Every sport and activity is fine. But if you are newly diagnosed I suggest to avoid water sports, and generaly long stays in water-sea, pools... because activities in the water take more energy from the body. So till you learn how your body reacts to it and in what measure, you can gradually increase your stay in the water

2/21/17 by Kika 1050

Exercise is a very important part of managing diabetes. The type of exercise and the level of intensity are up to you. Simply walking or gardening can be enough to have a serious impact on your blood sugar control.

2/21/17 by Randy 1500

Exercise is advised in most cases especially for type two. If you do choose to exercise be cautious at first, make sure you take water and a glucose drink with you so that if you over do it you can treat it straight away. It is best to start off small and get into a routine and then gradually build on top of this.

5/28/17 by Jenny 2170

Exercise moderately and daily. Exercising is good for everyone the only time I would advise against it is when you have ketones with high blood sugar as it could cause both to rise.

7/22/17 by Victoria Lovee Warner 2150

I do suggest exercise, and sometimes running or jogging can help lower your sugar levels, even on a treadmill. Basically any exercises are good for you to do! As long as you don't push yourself too hard, and kept water near you and check often.

7/22/17 by Alaina 2150

Any kind of exercise that will get your circulation going running cycling cardio

7/29/18 by Stephen 2600

Every endocrinologist I've ever had has told me to exercise. Any exercise helps to keep blood sugars in range- in my experience, it almost acts like long-acting insulin. Do be a bit careful with heavy exercise- take it into account when dosing insulin. It can tank your blood sugars very quickly. For me, heavy exercise gives me a low blood sugar in about 30 minutes if I don't plan ahead of time and lower my insulin dose.

4/22/20 by Candlebrae 1000

I jumped this question first because exercises interesting question for diabetics… Coming from a time when I when I was young so too too young to know the science behind why exercise works and then, why it could be dangerous given the diabetic body… Well, I'll tell you now: First, exercise is always good… However, one should know and check BG before beginning exercise. As we all know, one should also check with medical professionals, the family doctor and better yet, their endocrinologist before embarking on any exercise journey Saturday even if it's a trial basis to find an exercise and a rhythm to the exercise that one enjoys and will continue doing… Most diabetics will fit exercising their schedule along with cutting down on insulin and perhaps having a snack before and/or after the exercise… The biggest warning I put out there for diabetics is that exercising when blood sugar is over 200 is not a good idea. Also, for all people, one should not exercise for a time after eating… But, exercise, in general and overtime can lead to strength… We can all grow muscle at any age, and, will you must never forget that the body is incredibly fearsome and adaptable. We must hold onto this because most people who develop complications from T1D will be told that they can't do anything… There aren't a lot of studies around people who change their life and begin working out diligently or even begin focusing on weighing out and measuring everything that enters the body through their mouth. I was always interested in exercising Diabetes… The same year that I got Diabetes was the year that I enter the science fair at my middle school. I showcased how exercise affected a normal healthy individual and how it affected the glucose of me as the patient subject… The experiential experiment: a simple, delightful fit for me and my passion for science, specifically medicine and disease, [with my father as registering mentor, always ... After all, I was going to be a doctor! T1D would make it all the more apparent because nothing would get in the way… I could be fierce… I could study all night… I can go to the best schools because I could do the work… I would get in… I would get into the best of them… From lick Wilmerding to Wellesley… However,… Well… We haven't gotten there.... [Yet]... so, I conclusion of the experiment was that exercise did lower blood sugar… It lowered my blood sugar just as much as it lowered the blood sugar of my sister, my dad and her boyfriend at the time… That was a significant step… Ever take many tests of that basic logic and many more years to later discover and you explain it to doctors at Stanford you were hard on me and you weren't listening anyway… After I got the kidney transplant in December… A day before my birthday December 12, 2013… I would be in the hospital for more days than any patient who had received a transplant since Stanford began doing transplants specifically heart transplants in the 1950s… Enough. All I have to say is that it wasn't how I was in a unit Saturday or a unit where I was put there with a condition /something akin to "disease overwhelmous"... and, all I have to say is that I did have to research with my iPad thankfully I did have an iPad even though I was in "G2P," a well-managed care unit with one RN floating over the 10-15 patients, Who could fix themselves coffee and pretty much take care of themselves with the exception of being helped for showers… Some patients were afraid of taking showers are afraid of being alone… They were myriad of issues but no patient was really dangerous to anyone else but her/him-self. funny thing is that just about six months before I was placed in that niche, for one week, I was just down the hall in a giant expensive room and I was bubbling as my body was brought back to life… My skin turned from seemingly jaundice… The chief surgeon, Dr. Stephen Busque, had told me that my kidney failure anc dependence on [3 8-hr.-long shifts of dialysis plus the "extra" 3-hour shift on Saturday's skin was not jaundiced/ yellow but was green… He knew a lot about the disease and he knew about many of the complications, including gastroparesis, which continues to affect me and had began to affect greatly when I was 26... I wasn't officially diagnosed with Gastro paresis until May, 2003. that was the same year the same month that the macular edema hit so rockhard that my vision went from 2020 to 2200, legally blind. My left eye was most profoundly affected… It would take many years of laser treatment by a wonderful doctor at Stanford… Doctor was Dr. Mark Blumenkranz… So, in retrospect, it is interesting to see how all these pieces of my life would never have been predicted precisely… However, there is more to share and tell… My story is ongoing, obviously… But, there is a mortal thread that keeps spinning and yet it keeps the entropy heightened...

7/3/22 by Carolyn 400

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Fundamental. Should take care only with hypoglycemia

5/30/17 by Ana Luiza. Translated