Once you become diabetic then you need to keep yourself fit by doing proper exercises along with healthy diet. For tips in exercise for diabetes you need to contact your doctor as he is in a better situation to tell you .
9 simple exercise Tips for diabetes which you need to know are:
1. For starters in exercise it is always advisable to start with walking, jogging or swimming as they are the easier ones and the time which you spend doing your exercise should be taken into account, increase your time gradually and try to do exercise at same time of the day every day.
2. For those diabetic people who do jogging or go for walks they should wear well fitted shoes with cotton socks.
3. You should do flexibility exercises which will help you to keep your joints flexible and improve your balance for which yoga and stretching exercises are the best.
4. If you feel shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness, profuse sweating etc while doing exercises then you immediately seek medical attention.
5. One of the most important tips for exercise for diabetes is that you should check your sugar level before and after the exercise and if its below 100mg/dl then you should take some chocolates or glucose. Exercise needs to be done after 1 or 2 hours after the meal.
6. Those who take insulin shots should not inject insulin into the muscle groups that will be used in exercise as insulin will get absorbed too quickly and will lead to low sugar level or hypoglycemia.
7. If possible take a carbohydrate snack before doing exercises.
8. Another tips for exercise for diabetes is that drink plenty of water before doing exercise.
9. Do wear a badge to show that you are diabetic so that in case of emergency proper treatment can be done.
by on 12. Jun, 2010 in exercise and fitness
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