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Diabetes and sport: It is now virtually certain that sport can delay and even prevent the onset of some type II diabetes

Definition

Diabetes mellitus is a condition characterized by increased levels of blood sugar (eg glucose) due to a malfunction of insulin or a lack of insulin. Insulin is a hormone that lowers blood glucose

Diabetes mellitus

There are several types of diabetes

The pancreas does not produce enough insulin when glucose levels in the blood increases after a meal (type I)
There is much insulin produced in adequate quantity, but there are not enough receptors on cell membranes. (Type II)
Decreased affinity receptor for insulin.
Presence in too large quantities in the blood of other hormones whose function is to cause the increase of blood glucose. (Glucagon, cortisol)
Diabetes and sport

For diabetics whose pancreas does not make hardly any or no insulin (Type I diabetes), no sport without notice and medical

For diabetics whose membranes of muscle fibers have difficulty recognizing the insulin in the blood, also needed medical treatment, often associated with dieting

As physical activity stimulates glucose uptake in muscle cells, the sport may enable them to reduce their insulin

It is now almost certain that exercise training can delay and even prevent the onset of some type II diabetes

Advice

First, to be followed medically well and have a balanced diabetes mellitus.
Avoid violent sports and tennis.
Avoid intensive sports and very long, especially if their practice is accompanied by a competitive spirit.
At altitude, attention to the use of medicines to lower blood glucose when the muscles are also subject to a lack of oxygen (the oxygen pressure decreases with altitude).
Promote sports and moderate long.
We recommend jogging, cycling, running at low speed, non-competitive tennis, knowing to rest between efforts.
There are personal adaptations by the arteries, kidneys, nervous system and individual variations more or less predictable blood glucose.
Diabetics should be warned that it may have hypoglycemia (low blood glucose brutal) with associated discomfort. It is prudent to have glucose handy companions and told what they must do if that eventuality occurs.
Athletes with diabetes generally know to adjust their insulin doses to the needs of the competition, because they absorb more carbs that day.
Individual reactions may vary from one diabetic to another, especially as some consume food and drink provided for the effort, whose composition varies from one specialty to another.
After exercise, the diabetic must be rehydrated quickly and should avoid sharing alcoholic libations so-called third half-time.
To live better, practice a sport. The sport has different interests on the disease according to the type of diabetes.

Sport and Type I diabetes

In this case, the sport has no direct therapeutic effect. But offers two advantages: physical exercise is an opportunity to learn to adapt her doses and has a clear role in the enhancement of body image

Sport and Type II Diabetes

The sport has a direct therapeutic benefit because activity makes insulin more effective.Recognizing this importance, AFD co-founded the Union Sport diabetes whose purpose is to promote fitness for all tastes and all levels for all diabetics

The U.S. puts into practice its goals by providing:

summer camps and winter sports medical education,
Day diabetics who move in May,
by publishing the magazine three months CHALLENGE,
and answering questions from the public authorities.