SPORT AND DIABETES

In my oral presentation I speak about diabetes but when I finish the presentation a schoolmate ask to me if someone that have diabetes can play sport elite. I find information that explain that theirs can practise sport.

Sport has a great influence in preventing many diseases like obesity, hypertension and diabetes. Diabetes is a group of metabolic disease in which a person has high blood sugar either because the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin or because cells don't respond to the insulin that is produced.

 However, this condition doesn't imply that athletes with diabetes should abandon their dreams of a successful career.

U.S. swimmer Gary Hall Jr. in 1999 was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes participated in the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004 winning a total of 10 Olympic medals.

Another Olympic medalist rower Steve Redgrave British won in Sydney 2000 its fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal, also won nine gold medals at the world Rowing Championships in 1997 was diagnosed with diabetes.

Also the NBA player, Adam Morrison has type 1 diabetes, diagnosed when he was in eighth grade but his illness wasn't obstacle in his way to become a star in the world of basketball has been compared to the legendary Larry Bird.

They can have a normal life because they have a specify diet, they control theirs level of glucose in the blood and they practise sport.