Your Diabetes Hates It When You Work Out
Get The NEWSS: Exercise A Strong Fight Against Diabetes
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
Around our house, we're busy these days helping take care of my wife's elderly folks. The biggest current challenge is Dad's diabetes, and the insulin shots he now needs several times a day (to say nothing of the seemingly-endless tests of his blood-sugar levels). It would be overwhelming for anyone to sort through all the care the doctors say he needs (it's a challenge for the team of us "kids," working together). But Dad's 90... he just can't do it for himself anymore.
I hope I make it to the ripe-old age of ninety before that happens to me! We are trying to make sure Mom and Dad have as much independence and happiness as they can have these days, but I know people who are dealing with the same sorts of issues with parents who are far younger than 86 and 90. At some point, we'll all need help... but it's great if you can stay in good enough shape to take care of yourself and live on your own into your nineties, as my father-in-law and grandmother have done.
There's new evidence to suggest they did it, in part, by exercising and keeping fit. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism published findings recently that suggest building muscle can lower your insulin resistance risk, and therefore reduces your chance of developing Type-II Diabetes. My wife's dad, who has worked hard for decades, probably delayed and diminished his diabetes infliction by doing so. The Journal went on to say scientists have long known that low muscle-mass raises the risk of insulin resistance... but now, thanks to the most recent studies, we now know that increasing your muscle (regardless of obesity levels) might well make it easier to control your blood sugar.
September's journal of the Scottish Diabetes Research Network bolstered these findings, and highlighted the need for men to be especially vigiliant in their exercise regimen. The Network reported men develop Type-II Diabetes at a lower body mass index than do women - 31.83 as opposed to 33.69. But it's clear that both men and women need to hit the weights to avoid being hit hard by diabetes.
Exercise regularly - the best plan is to head to the gym six days a week (give yourself a day off each week to rest up). And make sure about half your workouts involve strength training. Lift weights to build muscle, burn fat, pump up your energy, and fight off a plethora of maladies (including diabetes).
Exercise is one of the five key daily health habits I call The NEWSS - Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sleep, and Supplements. In addition to hitting the gym, make sure your diet is strong (start by cutting out the convenience-oriented "garbage" food so prevalent these days). Get your two liters of water every day, and your eight hours of sleep every night. And take at least one good multi-nutrient supplement every day to give your body its best chance to fight the bugs.
Our family is exercised these days about how best to help Mom and Dad. But we're going through this exercise today, rather than ten or twenty years ago, because of the life habit of exercise the folks have had the discipline to undertake. I hope we take their cue, and that our kids have many years yet before they have to worry about what's best for us.
by Michael D. Hume, M.S.
Around our house, we're busy these days helping take care of my wife's elderly folks. The biggest current challenge is Dad's diabetes, and the insulin shots he now needs several times a day (to say nothing of the seemingly-endless tests of his blood-sugar levels). It would be overwhelming for anyone to sort through all the care the doctors say he needs (it's a challenge for the team of us "kids," working together). But Dad's 90... he just can't do it for himself anymore.
I hope I make it to the ripe-old age of ninety before that happens to me! We are trying to make sure Mom and Dad have as much independence and happiness as they can have these days, but I know people who are dealing with the same sorts of issues with parents who are far younger than 86 and 90. At some point, we'll all need help... but it's great if you can stay in good enough shape to take care of yourself and live on your own into your nineties, as my father-in-law and grandmother have done.
There's new evidence to suggest they did it, in part, by exercising and keeping fit. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism published findings recently that suggest building muscle can lower your insulin resistance risk, and therefore reduces your chance of developing Type-II Diabetes. My wife's dad, who has worked hard for decades, probably delayed and diminished his diabetes infliction by doing so. The Journal went on to say scientists have long known that low muscle-mass raises the risk of insulin resistance... but now, thanks to the most recent studies, we now know that increasing your muscle (regardless of obesity levels) might well make it easier to control your blood sugar.
September's journal of the Scottish Diabetes Research Network bolstered these findings, and highlighted the need for men to be especially vigiliant in their exercise regimen. The Network reported men develop Type-II Diabetes at a lower body mass index than do women - 31.83 as opposed to 33.69. But it's clear that both men and women need to hit the weights to avoid being hit hard by diabetes.
Exercise regularly - the best plan is to head to the gym six days a week (give yourself a day off each week to rest up). And make sure about half your workouts involve strength training. Lift weights to build muscle, burn fat, pump up your energy, and fight off a plethora of maladies (including diabetes).
Exercise is one of the five key daily health habits I call The NEWSS - Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sleep, and Supplements. In addition to hitting the gym, make sure your diet is strong (start by cutting out the convenience-oriented "garbage" food so prevalent these days). Get your two liters of water every day, and your eight hours of sleep every night. And take at least one good multi-nutrient supplement every day to give your body its best chance to fight the bugs.
Our family is exercised these days about how best to help Mom and Dad. But we're going through this exercise today, rather than ten or twenty years ago, because of the life habit of exercise the folks have had the discipline to undertake. I hope we take their cue, and that our kids have many years yet before they have to worry about what's best for us.
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