Health Benefits of Diabetes Personal Training
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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Diabetes is a disease that can strike anyone of any age and stage of life, and the numbers are drastically increasing. To better understand diabetes, the role of insulin should be understood well. During the process of digestion, foods are turned into sugar or glucose. At this point, the pancreas releases insulin that serves as the key for the cell to absorb glucose for energy. Diabetes is a condition where either the pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin or the body's cells are resistant to absorb insulin.
Eating the wrong foods, living a sedentary lifestyle, having unhealthy vices, being overweight, and suffering from health complications like hypertension, are all risk factors that can lead to diabetes.
Unfortunately, there is no known cure for diabetes, but it is a condition that can be managed. Many individuals affected with diabetes can actually live a long and healthy life. Having a balanced diet and a regular exercise regimen can help control weight and keep blood sugar at a healthy level. This may prevent or delay any brought about complications, such as cardiovascular diseases, nerve damage, blindness, osteoporosis, stroke, and even cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
Eating the wrong foods, living a sedentary lifestyle, having unhealthy vices, being overweight, and suffering from health complications like hypertension, are all risk factors that can lead to diabetes.
Unfortunately, there is no known cure for diabetes, but it is a condition that can be managed. Many individuals affected with diabetes can actually live a long and healthy life. Having a balanced diet and a regular exercise regimen can help control weight and keep blood sugar at a healthy level. This may prevent or delay any brought about complications, such as cardiovascular diseases, nerve damage, blindness, osteoporosis, stroke, and even cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
Living with Diabetes
Diabetes does not necessarily mean one will automatically have serious health complications after being diagnosed. Nor does it have to stop anyone from living the life they want; a life that they truly deserve. Nonetheless, the drive and commitment to embrace the change needed to one's lifestyle is inevitable, including religiously taking insulin and other medicines prescribed, maintaining a healthy diet to help control blood-glucose level, eating a balanced and healthy diet low in fat, sugar and salt, quitting vices like smoking, exercising 30 minutes a day to maintain good health, doing a self-examination - checking blood sugar before and after every meal and checking feet every day for nerve damage, and keeping a monthly check up with physicians.
Without taking careful measures to commit to these changes, one is putting themselves at risk for serious complications that can greatly endanger one's health. With careful management, diabetes may be controlled to allow anyone to live a fuller life and stay healthy.
Diabetes does not necessarily mean one will automatically have serious health complications after being diagnosed. Nor does it have to stop anyone from living the life they want; a life that they truly deserve. Nonetheless, the drive and commitment to embrace the change needed to one's lifestyle is inevitable, including religiously taking insulin and other medicines prescribed, maintaining a healthy diet to help control blood-glucose level, eating a balanced and healthy diet low in fat, sugar and salt, quitting vices like smoking, exercising 30 minutes a day to maintain good health, doing a self-examination - checking blood sugar before and after every meal and checking feet every day for nerve damage, and keeping a monthly check up with physicians.
Without taking careful measures to commit to these changes, one is putting themselves at risk for serious complications that can greatly endanger one's health. With careful management, diabetes may be controlled to allow anyone to live a fuller life and stay healthy.
Diabetic Weight Loss
Recent studies show that most people diagnosed with diabetes are either overweight or obese. Glucose comes from the food we eat, and for glucose to be used by the body as energy, the pancreas needs to produce enough insulin to allow the body's cells to absorb them properly. Overeating can produce more glucose, and unneeded glucose is stored by the body as fats. Unfortunately, an abundance of body fat makes it harder for the body to produce insulin properly or the body itself becomes insulin resistant, meaning they cannot properly absorb insulin.
Choosing the right path, no matter how heavy one may be, can significantly lower blood-sugar level. Then again, this is only achieved with proper diet and regular exercise. In fact, simply losing an average of 10 to 15 pounds already brings about numerous health benefits, including reduced blood pressure and improved cholesterol levels.
Cutting down on fats, protein, and especially carbohydrates will bring about great results. Complex carbohydrates like whole grains and green leafy vegetables that are slowly absorbed by the body can lower the risk of having spiked sugar level in the blood.
The most effective way to balance blood sugar is through exercise, which also eliminates the stress of cutting as many calories from dieting. Through exercising, one can stimulate proper release and absorption of insulin in the body. The way you burn calories as you sweat is the same manner that you burn excess and stored glucose as fats either in the muscles or liver. Over time, exercising regularly can reduce doses of insulin and medication. Other benefits also include increased energy levels, improved blood circulation, reduced stress levels and promoting relaxation, improved muscle strength, increased immunity, and lowering of bad cholesterol.
Recent studies show that most people diagnosed with diabetes are either overweight or obese. Glucose comes from the food we eat, and for glucose to be used by the body as energy, the pancreas needs to produce enough insulin to allow the body's cells to absorb them properly. Overeating can produce more glucose, and unneeded glucose is stored by the body as fats. Unfortunately, an abundance of body fat makes it harder for the body to produce insulin properly or the body itself becomes insulin resistant, meaning they cannot properly absorb insulin.
Choosing the right path, no matter how heavy one may be, can significantly lower blood-sugar level. Then again, this is only achieved with proper diet and regular exercise. In fact, simply losing an average of 10 to 15 pounds already brings about numerous health benefits, including reduced blood pressure and improved cholesterol levels.
Cutting down on fats, protein, and especially carbohydrates will bring about great results. Complex carbohydrates like whole grains and green leafy vegetables that are slowly absorbed by the body can lower the risk of having spiked sugar level in the blood.
The most effective way to balance blood sugar is through exercise, which also eliminates the stress of cutting as many calories from dieting. Through exercising, one can stimulate proper release and absorption of insulin in the body. The way you burn calories as you sweat is the same manner that you burn excess and stored glucose as fats either in the muscles or liver. Over time, exercising regularly can reduce doses of insulin and medication. Other benefits also include increased energy levels, improved blood circulation, reduced stress levels and promoting relaxation, improved muscle strength, increased immunity, and lowering of bad cholesterol.
Diabetic Personal Trainer
Losing weight through exercise is never easy. This is where a diabetic personal trainer can help. They can create a program with realistic goals that fits one's need.
Personal trainers are well-equipped with all the knowledge of various exercises that is appropriate for every diabetic condition and level. For instance, Type 1 diabetics may be recommended to have more aerobic exercises rather than doing weight lifting. This is because not all exercises have the same effect on blood sugar levels. An intense workout is quite different from a long term, yet moderate exercise regimen. More so, every diabetic reacts differently to their exercises, especially if the person is still adjusting to a new lifestyle change.
Having a personal trainer can free diabetics from worries of overdoing their exercise or under-doing them. They will help regulate the amount of calories one needs to burn to achieve their target goal in the most efficient time frame.
There are various combinations of exercise a personal trainer may recommend, but it is first important to determine how overweight their client is. Body Mass Index, or BMI, is an effective chart used to measure how much of the body consists of fat. It can be calculated by comparing one's height to their current weight.
Through this, personal trainers can determine how much weight their client needs to lose to achieve a healthy weight. They will help educate with current fitness levels to help identify their client's goals.
Strength training brings about a profound result in managing diabetes. It promotes less body fat and a leaner body. Cardio exercise can immediately lower blood sugar, which improves blood circulation and proper production of insulin. On the other hand, prolonged strenuous exercise like weight lifting can affect blood sugar levels for many hours later, which can potentially decrease blood sugar levels while doing something risky like driving a car.
Losing weight through exercise is never easy. This is where a diabetic personal trainer can help. They can create a program with realistic goals that fits one's need.
Personal trainers are well-equipped with all the knowledge of various exercises that is appropriate for every diabetic condition and level. For instance, Type 1 diabetics may be recommended to have more aerobic exercises rather than doing weight lifting. This is because not all exercises have the same effect on blood sugar levels. An intense workout is quite different from a long term, yet moderate exercise regimen. More so, every diabetic reacts differently to their exercises, especially if the person is still adjusting to a new lifestyle change.
Having a personal trainer can free diabetics from worries of overdoing their exercise or under-doing them. They will help regulate the amount of calories one needs to burn to achieve their target goal in the most efficient time frame.
There are various combinations of exercise a personal trainer may recommend, but it is first important to determine how overweight their client is. Body Mass Index, or BMI, is an effective chart used to measure how much of the body consists of fat. It can be calculated by comparing one's height to their current weight.
Through this, personal trainers can determine how much weight their client needs to lose to achieve a healthy weight. They will help educate with current fitness levels to help identify their client's goals.
Strength training brings about a profound result in managing diabetes. It promotes less body fat and a leaner body. Cardio exercise can immediately lower blood sugar, which improves blood circulation and proper production of insulin. On the other hand, prolonged strenuous exercise like weight lifting can affect blood sugar levels for many hours later, which can potentially decrease blood sugar levels while doing something risky like driving a car.
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