How do people with diabetes exercise scientifically?

How do people with diabetes exercise scientifically?

Diabetes, the third most common disease in the world and the immortal cancer, is almost everywhere. There is even a diabetic patient around everyone. In China, due to people's vague awareness of healthy living and lack of regular check-up habits, there are a large number of early-stage diabetes patients.

So, the most important thing to do when dealing with diabetes is to "shut your mouth and open your legs." Among them, opening the legs is what we call exercise therapy today.

Next, let’s talk about how to exercise in detail. We must fully understand what is the appropriate frequency, form, timing of exercise, and how to exercise under special circumstances.

1. Appropriate exercise frequency: Ensure at least 3 days of exercise per week. If your physical condition does not allow it, you can maintain a small amount of exercise. It is recommended to exercise once a day for more than 30 minutes.

2. Appropriate form of exercise: First check your physical health to determine whether you have symptoms of heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, etc. After checking your body, we start exercising. It is recommended to do quadriceps, back and abdominal exercises twice a week. Muscle and hip muscle group exercises focus on stretching. Next is aerobic exercise. Specific forms of exercise are recommended such as cycling, brisk walking, swimming, dancing, rowing, etc. You can start with intermittent exercise, then transition to continuous exercise, and adjust your exercise status at any time according to your own special situation.

3. Pay attention to the timing of exercise: It is best for diabetics to arrange exercise half an hour after a meal, because exercising before a meal can cause blood sugar fluctuations, and delaying a meal can also lead to hypoglycemia. Post-meal exercise can help promote blood sugar absorption after a meal and maintain blood sugar stability.

4. Exercise methods for special people with diabetes: Patients with diabetes combined with heart disease, hypertension or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should be carried out under the supervision of a sports medicine physician or rehabilitation physician, focusing on endurance exercise and lower-intensity exercise in a gradual manner; Patients with diabetes and nephropathy must undergo a cardiac stress test before exercising. Exercise should start with low intensity and low volume, and focus on moderate and light intensity exercise. Patients with diabetes and proliferative retinopathy or severe non-proliferative retinopathy are contraindicated. Perform high-intensity aerobic exercise or resistance training; for patients with diabetes and pregnancy, exercise prescriptions should be formulated jointly with perinatologists, and perinatal medical monitoring should be strengthened during exercise.

In short, reasonable exercise for people with diabetes can bring many benefits: it can not only promote the body's metabolism, enhance the body's utilization and absorption of sugar, but also improve the sensitivity of pancreatic islets, consume excess fat, feel happy, and improve immunity!