As the saying goes: the plan of the day lies in the morning! The moment the sun enters the room through the curtains, it means that a new day has arrived.
There are many people who have developed the habit of getting up in the morning to exercise, they think that getting up in the morning is the most sober time of the day, and after a full night's rest, the body is full of vitality and is more suitable for physical exercise.
Even now that we have entered the cold winter, people who get up in the morning and exercise in the morning park and on the side of the road can be seen, including many diabetics.
Because after the diagnosis of diabetes, doctors will not only recommend that patients take medication or inject insulin therapy, but also need comprehensive treatment in order to fully stabilize blood glucose and reduce the chance of complications.
The so-called comprehensive treatment mainly includes two major aspects, that is, the adjustment of diet and exercise.
The benefits of exercise for diabetics are mainly twofold:
The first is to increase the sensitivity of muscles to insulin through exercise and enhance insulin consumption;
Second, it is to control weight and lose weight through exercise, especially in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity, weight loss can help alleviate the symptoms of insulin resistance and make blood sugar control more in place.
Therefore, many sugar friends choose to exercise after getting up.
So the question is, can diabetics really choose to exercise in the morning? Do the pros outweigh the cons, or do the cons outweigh the pros?
In fact, in the clinical view, diabetics are not suitable for exercising in the early morning, for the following reasons:
1. Risk of hypoglycemia
In healthy people, exercise can significantly increase the amount of glucose taken by muscle tissue, but the body will increase compensation through the production of glucose such as the liver and kidneys, so healthy people generally do not have hypoglycemia.
But diabetic patients are different, because the patient's islet function has been problematic, the body's blood glucose index is not stable.
If you get up in the morning to exercise on an empty stomach and start exercising immediately after taking medication, it may cause hypoglycemia to appear. In clinical view, diabetic hypoglycemia is much more dangerous than hyperglycemia, and in severe cases, patients may even have symptoms such as confusion and shock;
2. Blood sugar is out of control
In addition to the risk of hypoglycemia, people with diabetes who exercise in the early morning, even if they take medication and start to move after meals, may cause blood glucose index fluctuations and blood sugar to rise.
The reason for this is that it is now winter, and the temperature in the morning is relatively low. Stimulated by low temperature, the sympathetic nervous system in the body is excited, which will prompt the liver to release a large amount of glycogen into the bloodstream, and at the same time, during exercise, it will also cause the secretion of catecholamines and other substances, resulting in an increase in blood sugar in patients;
3. Risk of cardiovascular disease
Diabetes is actually one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, which not only leads to peripheral vascular lesions, but also causes damage to arterial blood vessels, prompting the arterial wall to gradually develop into atherosclerosis, and some diabetic patients will also have problems such as hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
Under this premise, getting up early in the morning for physical exercise, itself is in the peak period of blood pressure, cold air will also cause irritation to blood vessels, resulting in vasospasm and contraction, once the cardiovascular or cerebrovascular vessels are blocked by thrombus, blood supply is reduced, it may cause a sudden outbreak of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.
Therefore, for diabetics, getting up early in the morning, especially before the sun rises, is not the best time to exercise.
Sugar friends can choose the time when the sun rises and the temperature rises to exercise, such as 9-10 o'clock in the morning, or 4-5 o'clock in the afternoon, which is a good exercise time.
At the same time, patients should also pay attention to observing the change of glycemic index to avoid hypoglycemia problems.