what is the best form of exercise to take that helped you ?
Hemmy - There has been some interesting work done on exercise in recent years..
I believe, in reality, the more we can exercise the better. And we're more likely to stick with something we enjoy, rather than think we'll sign up to do some weight-lifting/marathon running/extreme yoga, or whatever, and really for whatever reason (don't like it/lack of motivation/body can't cope with it, for example) not keep it up.
One of the most impressive pieces I have heard about was undertaken at Leicester, where they demonstrated a significant improvement by T2 diabetics merely standing up for 5 minutes every hour. It seems the impact was largely from mobilising the large muscle groups in actually standing up. Anything more being a bonus.
I have heard figures bandies around, surrounding this piece. As I know the researcher, I really should email him, and ask directly, but one lady I met who had been a subject of the research told me her blood glucose improved by 40%, but had not idea what the 40% was of.
Here's an article written when the initial stuff was done:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/...ercise-to-reduce-your-risk-of-type-2-diabetes
The piece was called the STAND Programme. If you Google "Joe Henson, Leicester, STAND Programme", you'll probably find more.
Joe's work in recent years has been focused on lifestyle, T2, CVD and young people at risk of T2D.
The Leicester NIHR is doing masses of work relating to T2, and due to the association with the Loughborough Lifetyle Unit, there's a lot going on with exercise/moving/lifestyle too.