Follow healthy lifestyle habits, such as sports on a regular basis, help prevent and control diabetes.
Practicing physical activity together with a balanced diet can prevent the appearance of diabetes, as they point out from the Madrid Diabetics Association and the Diabetes Foundation who have organized the 5th race and popular walk for diabetes and expodiabetes to promote and reduceObesity and stop the progression of the disease.
Ana Mateo, manager of the Diabetes Foundation, said the alarming growth of this pandemic due to overweight and lack of physical activity, although it should not be so since "diabetes does not imply any impediment to exercise or practice competition sportsAt the same level as any other person, you simply have to choose the right sport, control the duration and intensity of the exercise ”, as explained by Juan Manuel Gómez Moreno, president of the Diabetics Association of Madrid, who specified that“ the activityDaily physics is the most effective way to prevent type 2 diabetes and control types 1 and 2 ”.
Along these lines, Clotilde Vázquez, director of the Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition of the Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital in Madrid, stressed the “importance of preventing and stopping a disease whose prevalence, worldwide, has multiplied by four in absolute figures in thelast three decades. ”He also added that diabetes is more common in cases of central obesity and not so much through genetics.Therefore, the importance of betting on healthy lifestyle habits, which include balanced diet following the patterns of the Mediterranean diet and practicing physical activity, something that according to the new scientific studies published in the magazine of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) can prevent type 2 diabetes and improve the control of this disease in those who suffer from it.
Vázquez also explains that "there is no fixed table on how or how much physical activity should be practiced, rather an exchange between diet and physical activity should occur, and that will depend on each particular case."The expert indicated that the Predimed study has shown that the combination of both reduces cardiovascular mortality, and now predimed plus research, in which she participates, is analyzing if the increase in intensive physical activity still has more benefits."Probably yes because it is one of the most powerful insulsensibilizers we have and in the early stages of the disease is one of the best ways to prevent it from developing," he said.
Finally, the expert added that aerobic exercise is not only a practice that has effects on progression and prevention, but that the exercise of strength "although it does not influence weight will also improve the control of diabetes"
A race against diabetes
On November 20, from 09:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the Park of West of Madrid, the 5th Popular Diabetes race and walk will be held that hopes to match the record of participation last year with 4,000 runners and 5,000Visitors to expodiabetes that has become the largest exposure of diabetes in Spain.
The final brooch is put on the activities that have revolved around the World Diabetes Day held on November 14.The solidarity event will include different evidence in which anyone can participate regardless of their age or physical condition.An event that aims to encourage and raise awareness about the important benefits of physical activity for our health.
