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    Exercise can help improve both general health and diabetes control by lowering blood glucose levels and managing weight. The document recommends 30 minutes of moderate physical activity like brisk walking or gardening on most days of the week to achieve health benefits. It provides tips for getting started with an exercise routine, such as including more activity in daily life, varying activities to avoid boredom, and choosing a time of day when energy is highest. Strenuous exercise may require a doctor's exam first.

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    Exercise can help improve both general health and diabetes control by lowering blood glucose levels and managing weight. The document recommends 30 minutes of moderate physical activity like brisk walking or gardening on most days of the week to achieve health benefits. It provides tips for getting started with an exercise routine, such as including more activity in daily life, varying activities to avoid boredom, and choosing a time of day when energy is highest. Strenuous exercise may require a doctor's exam first.

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    Exercise and your Diabetes -

    Type 2 Diabetes on diet or tablets


    Patient Information Leaflet

    How much exercise and physical


    Exercise helps improve both activity should you do?
    your general health and your
    diabetes control. v 30 minutes of moderate physical activity
    on five or more days of the week can
    improve health.
    v If you are new to exercise then think of
    Exercise can:
    this as a target level and build up to it
    v make you feel good gradually. For example, 3 x 10 minute
    v help you to control your weight chunks of activity a day.

    v improve your circulation v Moderate means enough to raise your


    heartbeat and make you feel warm and
    v lower your blood glucose levels. slightly, although not uncomfortably,
    out of breath. For example, you should
    Improving health through be able to talk.
    exercise may help you: v Physical activity can include
    v manage the stresses and strains of life gardening, brisk walking, cycling,
    swimming and dancing as well as
    v reduce your risk of heart disease
    playing sports.
    v prevent brittle bones (osteoporosis)
    in later life
    How to get started?
    v reduce the risk of some cancers Questions to ask yourself
    e.g. cancer of the colon
    v Can I include more activity regularly
    v keep you mobile and independent in
    in my everyday life?
    later life.
    v Can I use stairs rather than lifts, walk
    v You can get all of these benefits from
    a couple of bus stops or park further
    gentle, moderate or strenuous exercise.
    away from work or the shops?
    v How can I vary my activity so that I
    don’t get bored?
    v What time of day is best? Pick a time
    when your energy levels are highest.
    www.careopinion.org.uk v How long will my activity last and how
    energetic will I be?
    If you need this information in another
    Design - Medical Illustration, NHS Lanarkshire

    language or format, please contact the You may need to be examined by a doctor
    NHS Lanarkshire General Enquiry Line before taking up strenuous exercise.
    on 0300 3030 243 or e-mail
    info@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk Pub. date: Nov 2018
    Review date: Nov 2020
    For further information go to: Issue No: 04
    Diabetes MCN website
    PIL.DIBTY2.77058.L
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