Your body’s high-octane juice is glucose. Exercise enough and your body will pull glucose straight from the bloodstream, meaning lower blood sugar for hours after you work out. When exercising during these summer months, take a little care with these five tips.
Drink lots of water. Lots more than you may think. Experts recommend at least one-half to one cup of water every 15 minutes. Don’t wait until you’re thirsty, either. If needed, set a watch that beeps every 15 minutes to remind you to sip.
Avoid hot stuff. If it’s particularly hot outside, find an indoor venue for your workout—at home, in a gym, or a mall. But don’t just pay attention to the temperature. Be wary of humid weather because it will be difficult for your body to cool down. Exercise indoors when the heat index (a measurement based on temperature and humidity) is 105 degrees or higher.
Drink lots of water. Lots more than you may think. Experts recommend at least one-half to one cup of water every 15 minutes. Don’t wait until you’re thirsty, either. If needed, set a watch that beeps every 15 minutes to remind you to sip.
Avoid hot stuff. If it’s particularly hot outside, find an indoor venue for your workout—at home, in a gym, or a mall. But don’t just pay attention to the temperature. Be wary of humid weather because it will be difficult for your body to cool down. Exercise indoors when the heat index (a measurement based on temperature and humidity) is 105 degrees or higher.
Breathe through hard efforts. Do you ever find yourself holding your breath while exercising? This can be dangerous, especially for people who have diabetes. Not only does it raise your blood pressure, but it also raises the pressure within your eyes and can worsen eye diseases such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. When you are lifting weights or exerting yourself, make a point to exhale during the hard part and inhale as you relax.
Keep tabs on hypoglycemia. When you’re physically active, it’s easy to mistake symptoms of hypoglycemia for the effects of exercise. Among the signs of dangerously low blood sugar are profuse sweating, rapid heartbeat, trembling, extreme hunger, difficulty thinking, blurred vision, loss of coordination, and “just not feeling right.” If you suspect you have hypoglycemia, stop exercising immediately and eat some raisins, hard candy, water with fruit juice added to it, or glucose tablets.
If you feel pain, stop. Exercise is supposed to make you feel better, not knock you flat. So, if you start to feel uncomfortable or short of breath when you are exercising, immediately reduce your degree of exertion or stop
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