Study on Exercise and Glucose Tolerance
The Scientific American has an interesting article about exercise and glucose tolerance.
The study demonstrated a 25-30% improvement in glucose tolerance after just 3 months of strength training. Type 1 diabetics that regularly work out such as myself probably inherently know this because you can see such a noticeable difference in sugars after a good workout. Personally, I know that my sugars go down for about 2 days after a really good workout. The study also briefly mentions the importance of high quality protein which is all related to a good diabetic diet.
It is good to see studies such as this one that underline how diabetes really should be treated which is primarily through diet and exercise, and then secondarily with medication.
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