Dr. Javier González, key to athletes with diabetes

The children's endocrine and nutrition specialist improves the performance of athletes with personalized treatments.

Dedicating the elite sport implies hours of dedication, pressure, injuries ... Some even do so with the 'handicap' of diabetes, a chronic disease that arises when the organism loses its ability to produce enough insulin or use it effectively.

There are many athletes who have broken the myth that this pathology (and others) are not an inconvenience when participating in the high competition and are achieving a great record.

It is known that the practice of physical exercise provides a series of benefits for society in general and diabetics in particular.For this group, «sport improves the use of insulin and, therefore, glucose, and also allows you to lose weight and reduce inflammation inherent to the diabetic state.

The result is to have better glycems for a longer time and improve other cardiovascular risk factors that can be associated with diabetes, such as arterial hypertension or cholesterol increase, ”says Javier González, children's endocrine and nutrition specialist.

"In diabetic children and young people you never have to prohibit anything, but inform and form, because almost everything can be done with good preparation," says the doctor.

In fact, the same training programs can be performed by athletes with diabetes such as those who do not suffer from the disease, although the former should monitor glucose (the main nutrient of the muscles) quite frequently to keep it within normal limitsor acceptable."I try to adapt the treatment to the life of the athlete and not vice versa," says González, with almost 40 years of profession.

The expert works to combat overweight in the early ages

The elite and stress categories are two concepts that are united, and that many athletes are invoicing.For example, those who have diabetes usually shoot sugar.«A certain degree of stress is essential in the competition, so we apply several techniques to minimize its effect on blood glucose, either through insulin, food or both.

Anyway, if the undesirable effects of stress exceed benefits (for example, too much blood glucose in athletes with diabetes), self -control techniques, stress inoculation, relaxation and psychological preparation are imposed, ”explains the expert.In addition to the exercise program, athletes with diabetes have to follow a food plan (different in people DM1 and DM2) to achieve good results.

Dr. Javier González has control of more than a dozen athletes with diabetes, being the best known the ultrafondista Antonio Lledó, 33, who has competed in the Titan Desert (2014), the Ultra FortalezasTrail 111 km (2015),The Ultra Montra Blanc 101 km (2015), the Ultra Trail Sierra Nevada 101 km (2016) and the marathon des Sabers (2016), etc.;The 27 -year -old Pedro Izquierdo Triathlete, who has competed in the Mid Distance Triathlon Cabo de Gata (2014), the Tour Del Toy 163 km (2016) and Quebrantahuesos 200 km (2016) toy marks, as well as foot races of 5and 17 km and swimming crossings between 500 and 2000 meters;The 21 -year -old Sergio Jornet, who has won the Spanish Championships heptathlon Valencia 2015 (Junior) and Madrid 2017 (promise), has also been runner -up in the Spanish Championship Decathlon Toledo 2016 (promise) and has closed the podiums ofThe Spanish Championships Decathlon Valladolid 2015 (Junior) and Hepthathlon Salamanca 2016 (Promise);The 25 -year -old Vicente Guardiola athlete, who has been second in Spain in the Absolute and International Absolute International Championship in Reims (2016), third of Spain in theAbsolute Championship of Heptathlon (2017) and ninth in the European Cup for Selections (2015).

Dr. González faces the battle horse of childhood obesity daily, a serious public health problem."Large cobia said that it is easier to change religion than eating habits," paraphrases the specialist.

Thus, so that this challenge is possible “a huge effort is needed by the different public administrations, the food industry, the teaching centers, the media ... to modify the social behavior that leads us to supercharging andThe lack of exercise, ”says the doctor.

Therefore, the infallible formula to combat this social problem is the combination of physical activity and balanced diet, although other factors can be given, such as “instilling from childhood the value of food to achieve a healthy life and prevent multiple diseases (cardiovascular,Metabolic such as diabetes, cancer, etc.).

We must get the child to become an adult knowing how important it is to eat well and what this consists of.The role of school nurses in the near future can be decisive for new generations to reach this goal, ”says González.

In this sense, Murcia agriculture is the best pantry to lose weight, «since vegetables, fruits and vegetables are key products to balance the diet for its satiating power with little caloric power, also providing a plus of vitamins, oligoelements andminerals, many of them with antioxidant and preventive properties against degenerative diseases, understood in a broad sense.Foods of plant origin constitute at least 40% of the healthy dish that we recommend today as an intake pattern, ”concludes the doctor.