Comments on: What causes diabetes and how does exercise keep it away?

By: rainbowlory

rainbowlory — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:34:59 +0000

your body type , your family history, your weight…… exersise burns the sugar out of your body thats how it helps…. infact sugar is a fuel your body burns when your diabetic your body doesn’t know how to use sugar anymore… when your sugar is high its like acid. and the acid burns out all the tinyest blood vessels in your body..thats why it affects so many parts of your body eyes, fingers, toes, kidneys
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By: sherry

sherry — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:07:59 +0000

Diabetes can be caused by too little insulin (a hormone produced by the pancreas to regulate blood sugar), resistance to insulin, or both. People with diabetes have high blood glucose. This is because their pancreas does not make enough insulin or their muscle, fat, and liver cells do not respond to insulin normally, or both.

Exercise keeps away the risk factors, caused due to Diabetes. It helps with blood sugar control, weight loss, and high blood pressure. People with diabetes who exercise are less likely to experience a heart attack or stroke than diabetics who do not exercise regularly.
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http://www.medical-health-care-information.com/encyclopedia/D/Diabetes.asp

By: Mystic Portals/JT and RA

Mystic Portals/JT and RA — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:58:59 +0000

Regarding exercise and diabetes–
It won’t keep diabetes away, but it helps your body deal witht the sugar circulating in your blood.

Exercise causes the lean muscles to demand sugar, so, instead of the sugar (created by the food you eat), staying in circulation, in your blood and other body fluids, causing a stickiness and damaging cells and organs, eyes and limbs, it gets used, or ‘burned up’, by the muscles which use it to create energy. Then, if there’s not enough circulating, the body draws it from stored fat.

It’s a complicated process. And sometimes, when exercising, diabetics can’t pull, or convert, the stored fat fast enough, or as fast as the muscles need it if the exercise is prolonged or highly aerobic. That could lead to hypoglycemia.

Therefore, a diabetic should test their blood sugar if they feel light headed, and if going out for a long walk, run or hike, always take along a sugar snack to nibble on and water to keep hydrated.

There are a lot of good sites and books for diabetics to study and learn about what is happening to them, pertaining to exercise, foods, fluid intake and medicines. Because the organs that normally cause such actions/changes to be dealt with automatically are no longer functioning properly, you need to understand what your personal condition is, how controlled the blood sugar is, by medication, diet and exercise, etc., and take the initiative to get back in control by your own training and learning all there is to know about being a diabetic.

Your question puts you on the right track, whether for yourself or another. Ask questions, study and be in control through knowledge of the condition.
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A student of the condition and person with diabetes.

By: Cammie

Cammie — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:36:59 +0000

Both type 1 & 2 are auto immune diseases.
Being overweight may contribute to type 2.

Exercise will not "keep diabetes away " but will make you healthy to deal with whatever comes your way.

Good luck
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diabetes 20 + yrs

By: xtravar

xtravar — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:00:59 +0000

Being fat. Exercising keeps fat away.
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By: kay s

kay s — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:14:59 +0000

Type 2 diabetes also knows as diabetes mellitus is caused by being overweight. It is frequently referred to as old fat peoples diabetes. Gestational diabetes is caused by a chemical change in the woman as a result of the pregnancy. It usually goes away after the child is born.
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