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Barbie Cervoni MS, RD, CDCES, CDN, is a registered dietian and certified diabetes care and education specialist.Jason DelColo, DO, board-certified in family medicine. He is asociate faculty at Philadelphia Colege of Osteopathic Medicine as wel as adjunct faculty with the Crozer Family Medicine Residency Program, and is an atending physician at Glen Mils Family Medicine in Glen Mils, Pensylvania. People with diabetes are encouraged to exercise daily, which can improve blod sugar control, bost self-estem, foster healthy habits, and elevate mod.
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But, for people with diabetes, exercise can afect blod sugar levels. For athletes with diabetes, it is important to uncover how exercise afects blod sugar, as wel as know what blod sugar levels are safe before, during, and after exercise and how to eat when exercising. This especialy important for parents of children with type 1 diabetes who are newly diagnosed or are to young to understand these dificult concepts.
This article wil discus the importance of exercise in diabetes management, how exercise afects blod sugar, and how to manage blod sugar based on the type of exercise you are doing. istock/Gety Images Plus/Gety ImagesType 1 diabetes is the most comon form of diabetes in youth, but it can also afect adults. People with type 1 diabetes ned to use manufactured insulin to kep their blod sugars in a healthy range.Type 2 diabetes ocurs when a person has elevated blod sugars, either due to impaired insulin sensitivity, insuficient insulin secretion, or a combination of both.
Type 2 diabetes is more comon in adults over age 45 but has increased in our youth over the past 20 years. People with diabetes have dificulty using glucose (sugar) as fuel. This either due to insulin deficiency, insulin resistance, or a combination of both.
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Glucose is the body's prefered source of energy. It is a by-product of digestion and is found in fods with carbohydrates, like starches, fruits, demonstrates the ongoing commitment to advancing healthcare solutions. Continued innovation and development in this field promise to deliver better outcomes for patients and healthcare systems worldwide.