diabetes

In diabetics due to the lack of insulin .
             and therefore the control of glucose given to different body parts they face .
             death if they don't inject themselves with insulin daily. Since strict .
             monitoring of diabetes is needed for the control of the disease, little room .
             is left for carelessness. As a result diabetic patients are susceptible to .
             many other diseases and serious conditions if a proper course of treatment is .
             not followed. Other diseases a diabetic is open to: Cardiovascular disease, .
             stroke, Peripheral artery disease, gangrene, kidney disease, blindness, .
             hypertension, nerve damage, impotence etc. Basically there is an increased .
             incident of infection in diabetic sufferers. Therefore special care needs to .
             be taken to decrease the chances of getting these other serious diseases. .
             PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
             What is physical activity? .
             (Bouchard 1988) States that physical activity is any bodily movement produced .
             by skeletal muscles resulting in energy expenditure. Therefore this includes .
             sports and leisure activities of all forms. Why do we need physical activity .
             in our lives? Physical activity and exercise helps tune the "human machine", .
             our bodies. Imagine a car constantly driven only to stop for fuel. It would .
             be a client for all sorts of damage, rusting, oil leaking, dehydration and .
             the chances are most likely it would die in the middle of the road not long .
             after. This is what the body would be like if we didn't exercise at all. We .
             would be and as a result of today's lifestyle many of us are, the perfect .
             target to all kinds of diseases and infections. For those of us who are .
             carrier of some disease or illness we are still encouraged to exercise by our .
             physicians if we have the strength to. This is to help make our organs, .
             muscles, bones and arteries more efficient and better equipped to fight .
             against the disease or illness. This is our way of counter attacking. And .
             if we are still healthy then we reduce the chances of getting an illness or a .