Diabetics Require More Realistic Exercise Goals-Family Practice News

According to updated government guidelines (coauthored by a doctor who’s realistic about what patients will do) exercising doesn’t require breaking a sweat! It can be as easy as a daily 15-30 minute walk. Start modestly, then increase the intensity slowly over time to where you’re still comfortable. The key is to find something you can have fun with, so you can stick with it.

Diabetes Patients Require More Realistic Exercise Goals : Family Practice News

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KEYSTONE, COLO. Contemporary exercise guidelines for type 2 diabetes patients take a kinder, gentler approach than previous versions did. This stance is based partly on scientific advances, but theres also a greater common-sense recognition among health care providers that type 2 diabetes patie…