Diabetes and Fitness

Notes that I took about Diabetes and fitness 

Everyone knows that fitness is a good thing. They might not like it, but no one has ever developed a disease from getting healthy.  There are two types of Diabetes (at this time). We have Type I Diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, where the pancreas is not producing insulin, and blood sugar is not being delivered correctly to the cells. Type 2 Diabetes is associated with obesity, especially abdominal obesity and accounts for a huge percentage of all Type 2 diabetes cases.  

Diabetes is a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine.  80% of Type 2 diabetes cases are overweight or has a history of excessive weight.  Some of the consequences of diabetes is (not limited to) nerve damage, vision loss, kidney damage, sexual dysfunction, and decreased immune function.   

Lack of physical activity is a significant contributor to these risk factors and sever other chronic diseases; sadly, very few adults achieve the minimum of 30 minutes or more of moderate physical activity 5+ days a week. Discontinuing or significantly decreasing physical activity can lead to a higher risk of chronic diseases related to lifestyle. 

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^{NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training – Sixth Edition}