Preventing Diabetes With Limited Exercise
· In a recent research article by BMC Endocrine Disorders, authors concluded that intense but extremely short duration exercise can decrease the risk of developing diabetes.
· The researchers showed that as little as 3 minutes of intense exercise every other day over two weeks was associated with lower blood-glucose and insulin levels. Higher levels of blood-glucose and insulin levels are predictors of the development of diabetes.
The study followed 16 otherwise healthy young men, exercising for 30 second intervals on a stationary bicycle for a total of 4 to 6 minutes every other day. After two weeks of exercise, statistically significant improvement in blood-glucose and other diabetes indicators was found.
This is a very important finding for people who are often discouraged from exercising due to time restraints.
January 29, 2009
Posted on January 29, 2009
