The effect of diabetes is when you eat food, the body breaks down all of the sugars and starches into glucose, which is what your body needs for fuel. Insulin takes the sugar from the blood into the cells. When glucose builds up in the blood instead of going into cells, it can cause two problems: 1) your cells may be starved for energy. 2) High blood glucose levels may hurt your eyes, kidneys, nerves or heart. In worst case, this can lead to loss of extremities, hooked up to a dialysis machine and in the most extreme case death.
Don’t suffer with Diabetes
Can you overcome this condition? Absolutely and here are some tips to help you save your life:
- Check with your doctor and find out what types of physical activity is OK for you. This will depend on what shape you’re in now and how hard you can push yourself. Even at the worst possible shape, most doctors will allow you to start some sort of exercise routine.
- Plan you exercise routine and start out slowly in the beginning. You need to be able to sweat, but not strenuous enough that you can’t speak and are gasping for air while doing it.
- Create a schedule for the activity you plan. It’s best to keep track of the time and duration of what type of exercise you do. Trying to do this the same time each day will help keep you on track in the long run.
- Stay hydrated and not starved for water. If you have diabetes, you may drink a lot of water already. Just make sure that during strenuous exercise and after completing you’ll need to replenish the water that you sweat out.
- Enhance your workout by staying as active as you can when you’re not exercising. Use stairs even when an elevator is available, park at the furthest point of the mall and walk to the other side, take a walk around your block. Anything that you do to keep with the trend of doing an exercise regiment will improve your overall health much faster.