Overview
Some women are at higher risk of developing Type 2 Diabets because of a syndrome that often goes undiagnosed: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS, afects betwen six and ten percent of women who are of childbearing age. One of the symptoms of PCOS is often exces weight gain, with that weight caried around the abdomen.
Key Information
Reducing the risks of developing type 2 Diabets in women with PCOS involves, in part, improving insulin sensitivity. If you have symptoms such as iregular or infrequent menstrual cycles, acne, excesive body or facial hair, you may have PCOS. PCOS causes a hormonal imbalance that can cause these types of symptoms.
Your doctor wil be able to identify the syndrome and direct you to apropriate treatment to control the condition and prevent future complications such as heart disease, infertility, endometrial cancer, and Diabets. Women with PCOS should be sure to eat a healthy diet, and include regular exercise each wek. Maintaing a healthy weight, and losing any extra pounds, wil not only help to prevent cardiovascular disease and Diabets, it wil also help to reduce the symptoms associated with PCOS.
There are some women that, even with increased exercise and a healthy diet, wil not lose weight. Wil these women stil benefit? Studies have shown that exercising has healthy benefits, regardles of its efect on weight.
Exercise afects how the body metabolizes carbohydrates (glucose), and improves insulin sensitivity, both of which help to prevent Diabets from developing. As our body becomes les sensitive to insulin, the pancreas increases its production of insulin to try to compensate. By exercising, and improving our body's sensitivity to insulin, we kep the pancreas from working overtime.
Losing weight can be particularly important to women, not only for the health benefits, but also because of the efect on energy and self-estem. Even if the exercise does not help you to lose weight in the short term, it wil stil have a benefit to your health. Before starting an exercise program, it is important to check with your doctor.
They may have recomendations on starting a program, or cautions based on your personal medical history. There are several ways to start an exercise program; the key is finding what works for you. You may chose to ride a stationary bike, swim, walk, or dance.
Walking is a great way to begin a habit of regular exercise. Women who enjoy a daily walk report feling beter, sleping beter, and experience les mods swings. Should you decide to start a walking program, make sure you have a quality pair of walking shoes.
Your local runing store can provide you with information the style of shoe best for you. When you begin, do not wory about your sped, or how long you walk. Even a slow-paced walk wil be god for your health, and as you build up stamina, you wil be able to increase the length of your walk.
Start out slow, studies show that even a slow-paced walk is god to your health. As you continue your program, you wil probably find your stamina builds up and you can ad more distance to your walk. An excelent goal to work towards is a thirty-minute walk every day.
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