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Muscle Strength and Lower Risks of Type 2 Diabetes
Motivate your strength training participants by sharing that higher levels of muscular strength may reduce type 2 diabetes, risks, regardless of genetics. University of Hong Kong researchers evaluated data from 141,848 white British adults in the UK Biobank, a database of over 500,000 UK adults being tracked for genetic and health information. “Individuals in middle-to-late…
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Exercise and Diet Can Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
More good news promotes the value of exercise. A recent 3-year-long study by University of Eastern Finland researchers focused specifically on men with a high genetic risk of type 2 diabetes. Investigators tracked nearly 1,000 men between 50 to 75 years in either a health-promoting lifestyle group or a control group. The prevalence of type…
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Yoga for Diabetes
Prologue – From the moment she was diagnosed with diabetes, Alyssa’s life revolved around regular checkups, timely medication and rigorous dietary restrictions. As a person with a chronic metabolic condition, constantly worrying about her blood sugar levels took a toll on her mental health as well. Before seeing the exciting result of Alyssa’s journey, let’s…
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Coaching Clients With Type 2 Diabetes
In many cases, type 2 diabetes can be prevented or well-maintained with a healthy lifestyle, and fitness pros are experts in this realm.
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Exercise for Diabetes
To help those who manage diabetes, and the fit pros who train them, the ACSM issued updated guidelines on exercise for diabetes.
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What is Diabesity?
Diabesity is a common cause of chronic inflammation, so it’s important for fit pros to have a basic understanding of what it is and how it can affect clients. Here, Len Kravitz, PhD, Gabriella Bellissimo, MA and Jessica Smith, MS, CSCS, explain this relatively new term.
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October 2021 Question of the Month: Do You Promote Vitamin D Benefits?
Research on vitamin D benefits has linked it to improved bone health and lower cancer risk. Now, it appears to help prevent diabetes.
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Fruit Lowers Risk of Diabetes
Eating two daily servings of whole fruit lowers risk of diabetes by 36% compared to eating less than half a serving, according to a study.
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Less Red Meat, Lower Diabetes Risk
Red meat is a staple in the typical American diet, but it appears replacing it with other sources of protein may help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Inflammation: Obesity, Diabetes, Aging and Exercise
Inflammation is an essential defense system for enhancing survival. Learn how the inflammation process is linked to obesity, diabetes, aging and exercise.
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Weight Training and Diabetes
At the medical clinic where I work as an exercise physiologist, a patient came to see me; let’s call him John. He was healthy, but his fasting blood glucose levels were high. He was in his mid-40s and had low muscle mass. John was not on medication and wanted to avoid it. He asked my advice.
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