Diabetes and Exercise: Control Your Blood Glucose Levels with Physical Activity
Our expert from Singapore General Hospital (SGH), a member of the SingHealth group, Associate Professor Cindy Ng Li Whye from the Department of Physiotherapy weighs in - Exercise has been documented in many studies to improve the body’s ability to use the glucose in the blood and decrease insulin resistance. If you have diabetes, aerobic training such as walking, jogging and cycling, will help to control your condition to an extent similar to that of some oral diabetic medications. Weight training may be beneficial as it preserves muscle tissue that is otherwise slowly lost with age.
Along with a proper meal planning approach and taking your diabetes medications as prescribed, a diabetic can still LIVE WELL!
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