Lowering Type 2 Diabetes Risk by Increasing Muscle Mass
Posted on August 3, 2011 by Lu Young RN
While many studies have shown exercise that raises the heart rate, cardio exercise will decrease the risk for type 2 diabetes, this is the first study this author has seen that builds muscle mass also can do the same.
A major part of any type 2 diabetes management is exercise. The two articles below will show that you that you don’t have to run your butt off to get positive effects of exercise. So as part of a type 2 diabetes management – see your doctor or GP and then just get started.
Increased Muscle Mass Means Lower Diabetes Risk
Published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, the study proves what scientists have known for a while; however, no study had previously tried to find out whether increased muscle, regardless of obesity levels, might improve blood glucose control.
For this study, researchers tested whether skeletal muscle mass might be linked to insulin resistance and blood glucose metabolism disorders. They found that higher muscle mass, relative to the individual’s body size, was closely linked to superior insulin sensitivity and a lower risk of developing pre-diabetes or full diabetes type 2.
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This study illustrates that type 2 diabetes can actually be prevented if you exercise regularly and not necessarily at rates that raise your heart rate.
But before you start any exercise program be sure to consult your doctor or GP.
Increasing muscle mass may lower type 2 diabetes risk
“Extra fat has bad effects, but more muscle has good effects. These data are also consistent with data we see on exercise, that it helps decrease diabetes risk, and that a lack of exercise and weight gain increase risk,” Rubin says.
Srikanthan points out that the study was not an intervention, it was observational. In other words, the authors did not look at the effect of different kinds of muscle-building activities on diabetes.
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As always, before you begin any exercise program, consult your doctor or GP.
A good type 2 diabetes management program will include three parts – diet and nutrition, medication management, and lastly exercise. All of these parts are necessary with none more important than the other. So just put one foot in front of the other and just get started.
