Patients with diabetes organize a career to raise awareness

fer's profile photo   10/19/2017 10:57 a.m.

Patients with diabetes organize a career to raise awareness about the importance of sport for prevention.

The Diabetes and the Diabetes of Madrid Foundation have organized the '6th race and popular walk for diabetes and expodiabetes', with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of physical exercise as a prevention measure for both type 1 patientsand 2, which will take place on December 19 at 09:30 hours in the West Park.

"We want to attract attention to prevent it we know that healthy activity and exercise daily allows a prevention of type 2 diabetes, as well as allows type 1 control," said the foundation manager, Ana Mateo, during thePress conference held on Wednesday at the Women's Institute.

In this sense, Mateo recalled that they want to "alert society and people with diabetes of the increase in Spain", since "around 14 percent of people over 18 have diabetes", which is aroundto the five million.

Under the motto 'Women and Diabetes.Our healthy future ', this year the race "will be dedicated, especially attention to the female group," according to the vice president of the Association, Pilar Martínez, which has reported that there will be two tests one of ten kilometers and another of five, soas children's walks for children up to 12 years.

Registration, available on their website until November 13, are open to all participants regardless of their physical condition and age.Similarly, the only requirement is to "wear the shirt" on each of the different modalities.

The price of the walk varies according to the kilometers of the race, as the 10.60 euros test;5 kilometers, 10.60, and children, 5.60.All the funds collected will go to the projects of the organizing entities.

Sports benefits in diabetic patients

Physical exercise is "good for anyone", but for patients with diabetes "can avoid hyperglycemia, it also has an effect on weight control, although it is not the great objective, many times in type 2 diabetes which interestsIt is the physical activity and exercise "for" insulin sensitivity ", said Mercedes Galindo, a nurse specialized in diabetic education at the San Carlos University Hospital in Madrid.

Likewise, "in type 1 diabetes, which occurs more in young people," obviously with the exercise you have to have very clear guidelines to join it together with food and insulin.The benefits of sport can be seen through a reduction in hyperglycemia levels, according to the expert.

On the other hand, they wanted to emphasize the figure of women as a patient, because "there are almost 30 percent of women between 31 and 75 years who have diabetes", this figure increases in those over 75, representing almost 40, as Mateos said.

Similarly, the nurse recalled that one in seven births is affected by gestational diabetes, a pathology that many women experience during pregnancy in the form of blood pressure, overweight and obstructed labor.

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fer
10/19/2017 10:57 a.m.

@fer - Diabetes Tipo 1 desde 1.998 | FreeStyle Libre 3 | Ypsomed mylife YpsoPump + CamAPS FX | Sin complicaciones. Miembro del equipo de moderación del foro.
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All this is very good but they forget the true culprit of most cases of type 2 diabetes which is poor diet.Bad diet is not fixed with exercise no matter how much the lie of the energy balance wants to strain.You cannot eat any shit although then you burn it exercising because the damage will do it the same.It is like wanting to compensate for smoking or drinking with exercise, because something will help but the damage makes you the same.
Wearing a diet rich in sugar and processed products causes health problems regardless of whether or not being exercised.Of course, the exercise provides many benefits and helps the prevention of diseases including type 2 diabetes, but if it is not accompanied by good food, it does not help much.I believe that in this type of initiatives that seek to raise awareness about diabetes, something about healthy eating should be included because I think it is what people include most doctors.

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Yessica_A
10/19/2017 12:03 p.m.

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@"Fer" The race if I'm not mistaken is November 19, not December.

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nigiri
10/19/2017 7:12 p.m.

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Oooop!Thanks for the rectification!

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10/19/2017 7:56 p.m.

@fer - Diabetes Tipo 1 desde 1.998 | FreeStyle Libre 3 | Ypsomed mylife YpsoPump + CamAPS FX | Sin complicaciones. Miembro del equipo de moderación del foro.
Co-Autor de Vivir con Diabetes: El poder de la comunidad online, parte de los ingresos se destinan a financiar el foro de diabetes y mantener la comunidad online activa.

  

Not at all :)

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nigiri
10/19/2017 8:06 p.m.

DM1 desde 1990 - Fiasp y Toujeo - HG: 6,1

  

I am already signed up!To the walk, yes, that the left knee I have done dust.It seems to me a very short walk but hey, less is Na :)

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nigiri
10/26/2017 11:26 a.m.

DM1 desde 1990 - Fiasp y Toujeo - HG: 6,1

  

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