Suara.com – Rarely motion or exercising be one of the factors that trigger the disease diabetes mellitus type 2. This condition occurs due to a lack of muscle activity in capturing insulin and break down glucogen in the blood.
Internal medicine specialist dr. Umar Nur Rachman, Sp.PD., explained that the glycogen that is successfully broken down by the muscles will turn into energy. So that blood sugar from blood vessel can be absorbed by cells and there is no accumulation of blood sugar.
“If it’s disturbed, it can happen insulin resistance. So insulin cannot be absorbed and sugar remains in the blood,” said Umar’s doctor in the Hari webinar Diabetes The world with Strong Nation, Tuesday (16/11/2021).
Meanwhile, sports activities can stimulate muscles to work to break down glucose into energy, so blood sugar levels can drop.
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“So it’s like people who can’t work because energy doesn’t enter (into cells). Sugar is a source of energy for the human body,” he said.
Doctor Umar said that the number of cases of type 2 DM in Indonesia continues to grow. Indonesia is currently the 6th country with the highest number of diabetes cases in the world, previously ranked 7th.
According to him, most diabetes patients are caused by lifestyle factors that lack physical activity and are lazy to exercise. He emphasized that regular exercise can indeed be one way to lower blood sugar levels and prevent diabetes 2.
For people who are still prediabetic, Umar’s doctor recommends doing regular exercise and adjusting a low-sugar diet.
“There is a study of adult patients who are still prediabetes, so he is not yet diabetic but also not normal (blood sugar levels). This study examines people who are obese about 2 thousand respondents.”
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“There are those who are given exercise treatment, others are just dieting. Those who exercise can get their blood sugar back to normal, about 50 percent more. But it took a long time, even 3 years of research with regular exercise,” said doctor Umar.
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