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Move Toward Fitness


Working activity into your day


We know that regular exercise has many benefits, including enabling you to have better control of your blood sugar and blood pressure than if you were not physically active.


If you have diabetes, exercise provides much needed help for your pancreas in reducing blood sugar. When you exercise, sugar is pulled out of your bloodstream. Exercise increases the amount of blood sugar absorbed by muscle during activity and increases the amount of muscle mass in your body. It also speeds up your me- tabolism.


Fat cells need very little energy to survive. In contrast, muscle requires much more energy throughout the day. Exercise not only burns calories, but increases your met- abolic rate, thus increasing the amount of calories that your body burns, even when you’re sitting still. Since leg muscles are one of the biggest muscle groups in the body, riding a bicycle or simply walking is beneficial as it increases both your muscle mass and your metabolism.


EVERY BIT COUNTS


When you think about your work and school schedule and your family and home to-do list, the idea of spending an hour or two exercising each day may be off-putting. You’re too tired. You simply don’t have the time. For your health, try your best. Begin gradually by add- ing movement to your day. Park a little further from your office or from the store. Better yet, walk if you can. Take the stairs instead of using the elevator. Small improve- ments throughout the day, when combined, can make a difference. The American Academy of Family Physicians has simple advice when it comes to exercise: 30 minutes a day, five days a week. Here’s the good news: Taking the stairs instead of using the elevator counts towards that amount of time. Parking a bit further from where


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