Resistance Exercises As An Important Form Of Non-Pharmacologic Treatment Of Diabetes

Alzubedi Adam, Kusz Monika, Popiołek Joanna. Resistance Exercises As An Important Form Of Non-Pharmacologic Treatment Of Diabetes. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(8):496-501. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1318815 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5689 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/871721 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 20.06.2018. Revised: 28.06.2018. Accepted: 22.07.2018. Resistance Exercises As An Important Form Of Non-Pharmacologic Treatment Of Diabetes Adam Alzubedi1, Monika Kusz2, Joanna Popiołek3 1. Department of General and Transplant Surgery and Nutritional Treatment, Medical University of Lublin 2. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Medical University of Lublin 3. Department of Cardiology, Cardinal Wyszynski Hospital in Lublin Address for correspondence Adam Alzubedi, Department of General and Transplant Surgery and Nutritional Treatment, Medical University of Lublin, 8 Jaczewskiego St, 20-954 Lublin, Poland, phone: +48 516 155 596, e-mail: adam.alzubedi@gmail.com Abstract Diabetes, which is a chronic, systemic disease, carries the risk of numerous complications. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” - therefore it is important and cost effective to properly manage diabetes and prevent its complications, which can be achieved, among other things, by keeping proper glycemic control, taking care of the lipid profile and maintaining the recommended blood pressure values. In addition to pharmacologic treatment, non-pharmacologic treatment is also vital and often underestimated in practice. This type of treatment includes a healthy diet and physical activity. There are different types of physical activity, each of which has a different effect on metabolism. The aim of this article is to present resistance exercises in comparison with other models of physical effort recommended for the managing of diabetes. Resistance exercises can have a greater effect on the metabolic equilibrium of diabetes than aerobic exercises due to longer and more stable decreases in post-workout glycemia levels, and a similar effect on other aspects of health. Strength training can be an effective alternative to currently recommended aerobic exercises due to the small differences in contraindications and the significant benefits. In order to be able to compare both types of physical effort more accurately and to identify the model that has a greater effect on metabolism more clinical studies are needed. Keywords: diabetes mellitus, resistance training, exercise, physical activit