A client newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is taught to exercise on a regular basis. What is the primary reason for instruction on exercise?

1 To decrease insulin sensitivity
2 To stimulate glucagon production
3 To improve the cellular uptake of glucose
4 To reduce metabolic requirements for glucose

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition in which the beta cell of the pancreas are destroyed which is responsible for producing insulin and insulin is responsible for controlling and reducing the glucose level in our blood.

So in type 1 diabetes doctors teach their clients to exercise daily because by doing exercise they can improve the cellular uptake of glucose by the muscles of their body and this will result in the lowering of blood glucose levels in the patient.

So cardiovascular exercise is beneficial in type 1 diabetes which uses glucose as energy fuel and it also increases insulin sensitivity. Therefore the right answer is 3. To improve the cellular uptake of glucose.