Strength-Training Exercise Improves Blood Sugar

Strength-Training Exercise Improves Blood Sugar

Just two sessions a week in the weight-training room can significantly improve blood sugar control in type 2 diabetics, according to one study. Published in the journal Diabetes Care, the study was based on a six-month experimental strength-training program involving a group of 57 adults with type 2 diabetes. Researchers at the International Diabetes Institute concluded that patients who participated in the regimen diligently experienced lower A1C levels, as well as significant increases in upper- and lower-body strength. As an interesting footnote to the study, researchers noted that patients who engaged in exercise at local community gyms experienced better results than those who worked out at home.             

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For those of you that unable to exercise, or are very limited in what you may do, this could be a viable answer. Strength training could be done with your upper body, such as using hand weights, or small light dumbbells, that weigh between 5-10 pounds. Then you just make up a routine of doing spirals out to the side, in front of you, and above your head. Doing this daily will help to strengthen, but it will also help the circulation and burn up some energy.

 

For those that are able to use the lower body, be careful if you have any kind of back injury or problems, you could use the same technique. Instead of using your arms you'd be using your legs, and you can strap on weights to your ankles. Then do a short routine of leg raises/scissors, leg curls, and holding the legs up few a few seconds. This will definitely help with your leg circulation as well as strengthening your leg muscles.

 

One other way of exercising that you may want to consider, that is buying a small inexpensive machine you place on the floor and you can pedal it, just like a bike. It is a great little exercise machine that will also help increase your circulation, strengthen your muscles, and help to reduce blood sugar.

 

One of the nicest things about the little exercise machine, other than it being portable, is the fact that you can use it either on the floor for lower body, or put it up on a table to exercise your upper body as well.

 

 

Here's to your health!

 

God Bless You All,

 

Love Marilyn