EXERCISE AND DIABETES

Exercise to Help Control or Reduce Diabetes

Exercise to Help Control or Reduce Diabetes

Introduction

Life is beautiful! Everyone in this world wants to live a happy and healthy life. There are certain crippling diseases that snatch all the liveliness and energy of life away. This in turn, restricts individuals to allow different pleasures of this life. Exercise can help control weight and reduce the level of blood sugar. It also reduces the risk of heart disease, a common condition in people with diabetes. Exercise can also help you feel better about yourself and improve your overall health. Besides proper medication an individual who suffers from diabetes can take care with the help of exercises and various cardiovascular aerobics. The aim of this paper is to talk about how exercises can help to control or reduce diabetes.

Diabetes

Diabetes is the commonest disease that poses great threat to the people. It is estimated that more than 50 percent of individuals, who are diagnosed with diabetes, die due to lack of information about the disease or improper treatment schedules. Obesity on the other hand, compounds the risk of diabetes. Thus, people, who are obese, are more likely to suffer from diabetes as compared to the individuals, who are not obese. But the fact remains that we can not single out diabetes as a consequence of obesity or vice verse, although there is substantial evidence supporting the vital role of obesity in the increasing rate of people, affected by diabetes. In fact, diabetes has had a negative impact on the health of millions of people and is continuing to deteriorate the life style of the sufferers.

The term “diabetes mellitus "includes not a single disease but includes various metabolic imbalances, all linked to excessive concentration of glucose in the blood and urine. The body normally controls the level of glucose through the action of a hormone called insulin (see below), which is produced in the pancreas (Pender et al, 2001). Insulin has a vital function in the process of converting sugars introduced with food into a form that can be used by the body. The diabetes may be caused by two factors that interfere with this mechanism: the body may have a too little insulin, or, for some reason, the insulin produced is ineffective.

Significance of Problem

Diabetes affects approximately 150 million people around the world. This number can double in the next 25 years. These metabolic changes are caused by an endocrine imbalance as consequence of the lack of effective insulin available, which in turn interferes with the activity of other hormones. The diabetes is classified as:

Diabetes type 1 (delete the term insulin-dependent)

Diabetes Type 2 (eliminating the non-dependent term insulin)

Although both diseases are different, both type 1 and type 2, are influenced by environmental components. The benefits in the medium and long-term regular practice of physical activity contribute reduce risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease. Today's busy life styles become hectic for many people. Tensions and anxieties haunt each one of us in our ...