This is just another reason that type 2 diabetes has become out of control... lack of exercise. Most people would rather be asleep or in front of the television rather than spend a little time every day getting a little bit of a workout. Teaching your body how to burn blood sugar through regular exercise is a very important part of type 2 diabetes control and needs to be takien more seriously by those who suffer with this disease.
The following article is writte and posted at NYR Natural news, written by a "staff writer". Any time that someone is willing to shout the benefits of exercise on type 2 diabetes then I think they should be heard.
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TRY YOGA TO REDUCE DIABETES RISK
16 January, 2014
By Staff Writer
NYR Natural News
NYR Natural News
It has long been known that aerobic exercise on its own can prevent type-2 diabetes. Likewise muscle-strengthening alone or in combination with aerobic exercise improves diabetic control among those with diabetes. In particular, studies show that men who weight train have been found to have an associated reduced risk of developing diabetes.
What is less well established is whether such an association also exists for women.Writing in the journal PLOS Medicine, Harvard researchers attempted to find out.
They looked at a large population 99,316 of healthy women, drawn from two 8-year long studies: the Nurses’ Health Study ([NHS] 2000-2008) and Nurses’ Health Study II ([NHSII] 2001-2009).
The goal was to determine whether their weekly time spent performing lower intensity muscular conditioning exercises (resistance exercise, yoga, stretching, toning), and aerobic moderate and vigorous physical activity reported at the beginning of the studies, and during follow-up halfway through, 2004/2005 was associated with a reduced risk of new onset of diabetes.
They found that resistance exercise and lower intensity muscular conditioning exercises were both independently associated with a reduced risk for diabetes, even after adjusting for aerobic activity and many other potential confounding factors.
Women who engaged in at least 150 min per week of aerobic activity and at least 60 min per week of muscle-strengthening activities had a substantial 33% risk reduction compared with inactive women. But even just an hour’s workout every week cut the risk by 13%.
The authors say the study’s findings need to be taken in context: the physical activity was self-reported by questionnaire (and therefore subjective), and the study population consisted of nurses with mostly European ancestry 9and therefore may not apply to other ethnicities).
Even so they conclude: “The findings from our study…suggest that incorporating muscle-strengthening and conditioning activities with aerobic activity according to the current recommendation for physical activity provides substantial benefit for [diabetes] prevention in women.”
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As a type 2 diabetic, you have two choices: either start getting more exercise or remove nutrient deficient calorie dense foods from your diet. Eating refined starches and sugars while being inactive can lead to weight gain and if you eat high fat foods like most Americans do then you are well on your way to being sick and diseased all the time. It is important that you eat nutrient dense foods that are high in anti inflammatory properties. Eat nutrient dense alkaline foods to beat diseases like type 2 diabetes
Randy Powell, Eating-Veggies.com
