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Inastudypublishedin
Diabetes Care,onegroupofsub-
Nomatterwhereyoustart,
jectstrainedwithweights,while
everyjourneybeginswith
asecondgroupdidstretching
thatfirststep.
exercises.Theweightliftersdid
ninedifferentexercisesthree
timesaweekthatworkedthe
majormusclegroupsintheir
upperandlowerbodies.
Atestofbloodglucose
showedsignificantimprove-
mentsintheweightliftinggroup
afterthreemonthsofexercise,
andcontinuedtoimprovesix
monthslater.Subjectsinboth
groupslostweightandfat,but
theweightliftersshowedgains
inleanbodymass,whilethose
whodidn’tliftweightsshowed
musclemasslosses.Researchers
concludedthatbyencouraging
high-intensityweightliftingfor
peoplewithdiabetes,complica-
tionscouldbereducedinthe
longrun.
Asimilarstudy,alsopublished
in Diabetes Care involvingpeo-
plewithtype2diabetes,showedthatsubjects Ready, Set, Goals
Future Shock
assignedtotheweight-trainingprotocolhad Currentexerciseguidelinesrecommendthat
How important is it to
areductioninthedoseofprescribeddiabetes peopleshouldperformmoderatetovigorous confront the diabesity epi-
medicationsafteronly16weeksoftraining. aerobicandresistanceexerciseforseveral demic? A study presented
Forthoseinthenon-weight-traininggroup, hoursperweek.Whiletheseguidelinesare by theYale School of Public
a42%increaseinprescribeddiabetesmed- awidelyacceptedstandard,alackofcompli- Health found that, if current
icationwasnoted. anceindicatestheneedforanalternative.
trends hold, by 2025:
AteamofresearchersfromHeriot-Watt Thisnovelapproachmayhelppeopletolead
UniversityinEdinburgh,Scotland,investigated ahealthierlifesimplybymakingiteasierfor
•Blindnessfromdiabetes
theeffectsofhigh-intensityintervaltraining peopletofindthetimetoexercise.
willincreasethree-fold
(HIIT)ondiabetes.Thesubjectsused Thetruetestofachangeinlifestyleisnot
to70,000.
exercisebikestoperform30-secondsprints whetheritworksquicklybutwhetheritcan
attheirhighestpossibleintensitylevelfour befollowedsuccessfullyoverthelongterm.
•Casesofkidneydisease
timesdailyfortwodaysaweek.Aftertwo Whetherit’sa20-minutewalkaroundthe
becauseofdiabeteswill
weeks,theyoungmenhada23%improve- neighborhood,takingthestairsatworkor
almosttripleto119,000.
mentinhoweffectivelytheirbodyused settingthemorningalarmearlyenoughto
•Amputationsbecause
insulintoclearglucose(bloodsugar)from gettothegym,it’sallabouttakingthefirst
ofdiabeteswilltriple
thebloodstream. stepstocreateanewhealthyhabit.
to239,000.
Thescientistsnotedthattheriskofdevelop- “Youneedtosetrealisticgoals—onesyou
ingcardiovasculardiseaseandtype2diabetes canaccomplish.Ifyoudothat,overtimeyou
•Diabetes-associated
issubstantiallyreducedthroughregular willnotonlyloseweightandbecomemore
deathswillnearlytriple
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physicalactivity.Unfortunately,manypeople fit,youwillhelppreventobesityandmany
to622,000.
ty
feeltheysimplydon’thavethetimetofollow ofthecomplicationsitbrings,suchastype2
Get
astructuredprogram.Theresultsofthis diabetes,”saysKaufman.
ade/
•Costsassociatedwith
W studyshowedthatjustsevenminutesof Establishinganewlifestylepatternisn’t
diabeteswillnearlytriple
Gary exerciseeachweekhelpedagroupofmen easy,butiftheoveralloutcomeishealthand to$351billion.
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