Diabetes is a chronic condition that results in high blood glucose levels due to a decrease in the hormone insulin. Facing this disease and adapting to it as quickly as possible requires continuing our healthy habits. The sport continues to have a whole place among them.
Physical exercise is essential to make this pathology more bearable, far from being an impediment.
Many people put their exercise routine on hold because they cannot control their diabetes by practicing it. Sometimes, this happens even before verifying that the disease is an obstacle to practicing sports since the myth has progressively spread.
Increasing muscle work is associated with growing hypoglycemia because it consumes part of the glucose in the blood.
At Perez Fria Sports Medical Center, we know that intense physical activity can alter diabetes control, but we also know the numerous benefits that it provides. For this reason, a chain of collaboration between the medical team, the coach, and the subject is essential, leading to the desired balance.
Predicting the doses of insulin or the necessary carbohydrates according to the intensity of the sport to be practiced translates into a reduction of possible risks.
Our professionals specializing in nutrition and sports medicine consider it essential to adapt both the diet and the medication to the personalized training plan. The diabetic person will be perceiving the responses of his body and knowing better what produces changes in his glucose levels.
Satisfactory results for your diabetes
It is proven that sport reduces these glycemic indices as much as drugs can.
More active people need fewer insulin doses than sedentary people.
In addition to a general improvement in physical health, it helps achieve greater personal fulfillment. These benefits are expanded by adding how unhealthy excess weight and obesity are for diabetics.
It is no secret that the regular practice of physical activity brings many advantages to our body, even more so when suffering from this condition:
- Improvement of blood glucose levels and blood pressure
- decreased lipids and risk of cardiovascular disease
- More self-esteem, less anxiety
As personal trainers, we recommend that the most favorable type of exercise for diabetics is the combination of aerobic and strength training at a moderate-high intensity that requires glucose for energy.
- From CMD Perez Frias, we encourage you to break down the barriers this disease can put in your day-to-day life. We will guide you with a structured plan to achieve your sports goals. Get in touch with our multidisciplinary team and beat diabetes by reaching your maximum performance.
How do insulin and diabetes work?
In people with type 1 diabetes, the pancreas has stopped making insulin. This means that the beta cells have been destroyed, and therefore they need insulin injections to use the glucose from food.
People with type 2 diabetes produce insulin, but the body does not respond well. Some people with type 2 diabetes need diabetes medications or insulin injections to help the body use glucose for energy.
People with type 2 diabetes produce insulin, but the body does not respond well. Some people with type 2 diabetes need medications to treat it or insulin injections that help the body use glucose for energy
Insulin in tablets is not commercially available, as it breaks down during digestion, just like the protein in food. Insulin must be injected into the fat under the skin to enter the blood.
What are the characteristics of insulin? Insulin has three characteristics:
- Onset time is before the insulin reaches the blood and begins to lower the glucose level.
- The peak or maximum action point is when insulin has its maximum potency concerning lowering blood glucose.
- Duration is when insulin continues to act to control the glucose level.
