Diabetic patients should exercise in the late afternoon

Exercise is beneficial for everyone, even those with diabetes who find it more difficult to exercise. However, exercise schedules vary, and for those with type 2 diabetes (a disease that affects 38 million Americans), it's especially important to exercise in the late afternoon. 

An recent revision published on Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, summarized by the Washington Post, reached the following conclusions, which are very important for all people who have to deal with diabetes:

• Training in the late afternoon or evening tends to improve blood sugar control more than in the morning
• Morning exercise, in some studies, may be less effective or even associated with higher blood sugar levels immediately after activity. 
• The main reason would be the so-called “dawn phenomenon” (morning hormone spike that increases blood sugar, particularly high early in the morning)

In general, some people find late afternoon convenient also because:

• you've already eaten during the day,
• the risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia is reduced in certain cases,
• the body is more “active” than in the early morning.

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