2023-09-26 16:49:28
Health professionals, through various research, have been able to prove that playing sports, doing physical activity or exercising frequently is an ideal method to reduce high blood glucose levels. In addition, it is a good option to take care of the health of the body in general and prevent conditions such as diabetes.
Type two diabetes used to be a common condition in people over 35 years of age; However, nowadays, it is being diagnosed, mostly, in young patients and even children, due to bad habits, the abuse of certain types of products such as soda, industrialized juices and fruit juices.
This condition is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as chronic, when patients do not regulate their blood sugar or glucose levels, the person with diabetes can present: blindness, kidney failure, myocardial infarction, stroke and amputation of the lower limbs.
Most people affected by diabetes have type 2, which is associated with obesity and other lifestyle factors and arises in adults and increasingly among children. | Photo: Royalty free
Both to prevent and manage this condition, physical activity is essential. A recent study revealed what is the ideal time to do it and that the sport or exercise carried out has more effect and reduces blood glucose levels more significantly.
Harvard University was in charge of carrying out this research, which was published in the journal Diabetologia. There it was determined that patients diagnosed with type two diabetes should do physical activity in the mornings or followingnoons to obtain better results in controlling their blood sugar.
In order to reach these conclusions, scientists gathered data from 93,095 people, all of them from the United Kingdom and with an average age of 62 years. In order to gather the figures, the professionals used surveys, but, in addition, each individual wore an accelerometer on their wrist for an entire week.
“The methodology is called MET, or Metabolic Equivalent of Task, which is actually a sophisticated way of adding up all the hours of physical activity, from walking the dog to running a marathon. This information was divided into three time bands: morning (06:00-12:00), followingnoon (12:00-18:00) and night (18:00-24:00).”
Diabetes is a factor for the development of different diseases. | Photo: Getty Images
The conclusion of the study determined that doing physical activity or moving in the morning and followingnoon seems to be a more effective strategy to avoid type 2 diabetes. In addition, professionals determined that increasing the intensity of exercise brings better options for health in general; For this, it is better to have professional advice, especially when it comes to a patient with
“Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, myocardial infarction, stroke and lower limb amputation,” explains the WHO. | Photo: Getty Images
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