A small new study suggests that even one exercise session may be able to reverse some of the harm caused by overeating. Researchers studied five women and found that one day of overeating reduced the body's fat-burning oxidation rate - a rate that is linked to insulin sensitivity. But when the same w...
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The study was really about exercise versus fitness
walter
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 at 04:52 AM
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David Mendosa
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What it showed is that getting better results for diabetics, from exercise, does not require you to be fit - it just requires you to exercise regularly. Of course that leads to fitness, but that is not the prime objective from a medical point of view, although fitness is very important from a lifestyle point of view for older diabetics (like me).
The good news from this is that you start easily and get a result instantly. The bad news is that when you stop exercising, *perhaps* no matter how fit you are, some of the benefits will stop. They have not actually studied fitness versus benefits so its not a straight forward conclusion.
It's useful to note that the women in question did aerobic exercise, and at about 70% of their capacity which means at a level at which they could still breath comfortably through their nose without gasping through their mouth.
So if you go and do some moderate aerobic exercise, and then keep doing it, your body by this account will feel the benefits immediately.
Walter Adamson
www.diabetorati.com