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Combining resistance training with aerobic exercise is more beneficial than either type of exercise alone for individuals with type 2 diabetes, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. If you have type 2 diabetes, exercising regularly can help you: • Improve the way your body uses insulin • Lower your blood pressure • Reduce your risk of developing heart disease Researchers from Louisiana State University randomly assigned over 250 adults with type 2 diabetes who did not exercise routinely to one of three exercise groups or to a non-exercise group, which acted as a comparison group. In one of the exercise groups, the participants engaged in resistance training three days a week. In another, they engaged in aerobic exercise such that they burned 12 kcal/kg every week. In the third, they engaged in resistance training twice a week and burned 10 kcal/kg through aerobic exercise every week. Measurements of hemoglobic A1c, an indicator of diabetes control, improved significantly among those in the combined exercise group but not in the resistance training or aerobic exercise groups, compared with the non-exercisers. In addition, only those in the combined exercise group saw significant improvements in their maximum oxygen consumption, an indicator of overall fitness level, compared with the comparison group. Finally, both those in the combined exercise group and the resistance training group lost more body fat than those in the …

One of the most common questions patients with type 2 diabetes ask their physician is what kind of exercise program works best for improving their blood sugar levels over time. Is it aerobic exercise, resistance training or a combination of both? A new study shows that blood sugar levels over the long run do improve when patients follow an exercise program combining both aerobic and resistance training. Catherine Dolf explains in this week’s JAMA Report.

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Milt Bedingfield, Certified Diabetes Educator and exercise physiologist, explains the huge role exercise can play in treating diabetes. Milt is author of the book “Prescription for Type 2 Diabetes: Exercise,” available at theExerciseDiabetesLink.com

My mother is 70 yrs old, has type 2 diabetes and has bad knees, high blood presure. not very physicaly active. She would like to become more active, but walking is not a good option with her bad knees. ???

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Structured Diet, Exercise Plans Seem to Shed Pounds
SATURDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) — Two new studies support the notion that structured diet and exercise plans — and perhaps some free prepared meals — can help the obese and severely obese lose weight.

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The You Docs: No time to exercise? Let us help
There’s plenty to love about classic movies, classical music and even classic comedy – from ” I Love Lucy ” to knock-knock jokes. But there’s one classic we wish somebody would detonate: the “I don’t have time” exercise excuse. Start now: These new insights on how to free up hidden pockets of time, get fitter in fewer minutes and overcome 21st century time drains may be all that’s standing …

My friend was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes years ago, but lost 50 poiunds through ongoing diet and exercise and the doc said she basically doesn’t have it anymore. Then she started experiencing shakiness and other symptoms in between meals that goes away with food. The doctor said she is likely suffering from hypoglycemia.

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Dr. Steven Knope, author of the new book Concierge Medicine, discusses Type 2 Diabete and how it can be cured through exercise and nutrition.

Smart eating and exercise key to managing diabetes
Unless you eat like a supermodel, you probably want to jettison some of the rich, abundant foods that you packed onto your frame between the Thanksgiving and New Years holidays.But individuals with diabetes and people diagnosed with pre-diabetes need to put together a smart eating and exercise plan in order to maintain good health while cutting back on the calories and moving back to their …