Why is exercise one of the tools in your arsenal that will help you live and maintain a good lifestyle with diabetes? Exercise can help control and maintain your weight which in turn helps control your blood sugar levels.
Overweight or obese means that your sugar levels would probably be very high.
The lower your weight to your weight/height ratio means more than likely a lower acceptable blood sugar level count.
To pick what type of exercise regime you will adopt you must consult with your Doctor first.
Experts recommend several basic safety tips you must undertake if you are diabetic.
Firstly before you undertake any exercise you must always test your blood levels and this can be done with the many test kits on the market.
These tests will indicate to you if your body is ready to exercise.
If the reading from the test shows your sugar levels are low then Do Not exercise.
Exercise can lower your blood levels anyway to exercise with low sugar blood levels can cause you great harm even death.
The best position to adopt is to refrain from exercising until your levels are satisfactorily and if any concerns consult with your Doctor.
Another must when exercising with Diabetes is that you start out with light work outs and build up to more intense work outs over weeks or even months always checking your levels.
Your blood sugar levels should always be taken before and after your exercise.
Make sure that you note these readings down and that you chart them for your own information and your Doctors as well.
By plotting your results of your levels it will show you whether in time you are decreasing your blood sugar levels overall.
Another safety tips experts recommend is that you pay particular attention to your feet when exercising.
Wearing the right foot wear and socks when exercising is very important to a diabetic.
If your feet become sore or you get blisters during exercise you should stop or if it gets worse consult with your Doctor.
Diabetics can never over emphasize the importance of maintaining there feet when exercising.
Lastly all Diabetics must make sure that your fluid in take is kept up at an acceptable level while exercising.
Make sure that you take fluids before and after exercising but that you maintain taking fluids during the exercising.
If you are feeling dizzy or tired during exercising stop and make sure you drink heaps of fluid before you start again.
Dehydration can have serious effects on your blood sugar levels so make sure you always have enough fluid.
Maintain these small tips and with advice from your Doctor go well and be safe.