There are two types of Diabetes those who are born with type I, it’s purely genetic. In type II you become diabetic after many
years of diet abuse with eating the wrong carbohydrates and/or being overweight. Type II runs in families so some are more
susceptible. In other words just because you don’t have diabetes now doesn’t mean you should be careful with your carbs and your fat levels so you don’t become diabetic in the future. It is important you check your family history background for diabetes to know if you are susceptible to it. Diabetes is a silent killer like high blood pressure. You may be borderline diabetic and not even know it.

Bodybuilding is important in reducing this risk because increased muscle mass from resistance training increases the need for glycogen uptake in the muscles. Therefore they will need to use the extra glucose for reserves in energy in resistance training. Diabetes also increases your insulin sensitivity. Diabetes is insulin tolerance and therefore your body doesn’t react to massive amounts of insulin and store it in the glycogen like it should. By excercising you are counteracting the effect of diabetes and the insulin receptors to work at the “normal”level.

A bodybuilder with diabetes or risk of developing diabetes should focus most of his daily carbs around slow digesting carbs. Some examples of alternative carbs to use are: whole wheat pasta, oatmeal, oat bran, whole grain bread, etc

Diabetes like high blood pressure are two conditions you can manipulate with diet and excercise in your favor. Don’t let it beat you!