Exercise is good for diabetics. By helping muscles to take up glucose from the bloodstream and use it for energy, exercise prevents sugar from accumulating in the blood. By burning calories, exercise helps control weight, an important factor in the management of type 2 diabetes. Exercise helps control your weight. Muscles need energy to work.
Energy is measured in calories.
By burning off calories, exercise helps balance the calories taken in as food. When we are sedentary, the balance is usually tipped toward an excess of calories, which accumulate as fat and additional pounds. When you are physically active there may be a deficit of calories, which takes fat away and lowers weight. Lowered weight reduces the heart's load and is beneficial in diabetes. Exercise strengthens your bones.