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Diabetes is a chronic illness that creates problems with the amount of blood sugar and insulin throughout your body. Those with diabetes can choose to exercise, which creates multiple benefits for their health. When using the hemoglobin A1c test (HbA1c), diabetes patients measured their hemoglobin levels following a few weeks of exercise and found they lowered by 0.7 percent. With this, it was found that aerobic and resistance training both lowered levels, but when done together they showed greater benefits. It was also found that diabetes patients who exercised, were less likely to suffer from heart disease or heart attack. Exercise not only creates a healthier lifestyle for those with diabetes but lowers blood glucose levels and boosts the body's sensitivity to insulin ("The Importance").
A recent observational study conducted by JAMA Internal Medicine, the National Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School has found that exercise can reduce the risk for 13 types of cancer. The study pooled 1.44 million males and females and asked about their exercise patterns and whether they had cancer. Through this research, doctors found that people who exercised, even at moderate levels, were 20% less likely to develop cancer. Along with the likelihood that exercise creates healthy immune systems, those who exercise go to the doctor more often. Regular checkups allow doctors to become aware of sicknesses well before they become deadly. This study also found that overweight and obese people are just as likely to exercise without getting cancer (Reynolds).
The risks of a sedentary lifestyle have always been known, but recent studies have found lack of exercise is worse than smoking, diabetes, and heart disease. When taking of poll of people and having them complete a treadmill test, scientists receive true results about their exercise habits. Those who do well on the test, exercise more often, and those who perform more poorly on the test, do not exercise the recommended amount. From these results, conclusions can be made about the risk certain patients face. The leader of the study, Dr. Wael Jaber states, "People who do not perform very well on a treadmill test, have almost double the risk of people with kidney failure on dialysis." Patients who struggled on the test faced the risks of death 500% more than the active patients. These scary results show the importance and need for exercise in order to live a happy, and long life (Drash).
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