Diet And Exercise for Type 2 Diabetes

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Are there lasting results? The researchers of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study looked at these people for a longer period—for at least ten years. They found that those who lost weight through lifestyle changes did the best and reduced their risk of eventually developing diabetes by 34%, with the over sixty group lowering their risk by 49%. It seems clear that there is a close connection between weight and the development of diabetes and that, by losing weight and keeping it off, you can prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes and therefore reduce the subsequent complications of the disease.

Exercise Considerations For Diabetics It’s no new phenomenon that diet and exercise are the two keys to managing diabetes, but did you know that certain methods of exercise can be harmful to you? Did you also know that exercise could be used to reverse type 2 diabetes or greatly lessen the health risks associated with it?

Caution And Safety First, you should check with your doctor to see what type of exercise is appropriate for you. It’s important as a diabetic to ease into exercise, particularly if you’ve been a couch potato for a while. Too much intense exercise at once can cause blood glucose levels to spike, either when you begin exercising or once you stop. The importance of monitoring your blood glucose levels cannot be stressed enough.

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