beef-up-your-muscles-reduce-your diabetes risk

[Cowboyjim]

http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/beef-up-your-muscles-reduce-your-211052.aspx
Reporting in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA suggest there is a correlation between greater muscle mass, relative to body size, and a substantially decreased risk of developing the metabolic changes that lead to diabetes.

 

[Patch]

I've given this a lot of thought in the past. It makes a lot of sense.

I did wonder if steroids would be beneficial to diabetics (in order build muscle mass) but it turns out that some steroids actually LEAD to diabetes. There are users of this forum with experience of this.

I'm definitely going to try to build some muscle mass following some more significant weight loss.

 

[Cowboyjim]

Blowed if I can do it... I lost two stone and want to add some mass but so far nothing doing...

 

[catherinecherub]

Have you tried resistance training?

Supposed to be the best type of exercise for Type2's. to better use the insulin that they produce.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/232010.php

 

[Cowboyjim]

Have heard of it... will have a read.. many thanks!
Curious the double use of the term "resistance" almost a pun mayhap. Never liked the term "insulin resistance"... sounds too electrical!

 

[Cowboyjim]

Another good reason to "beef up"!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802125549.htm
As we grow older, our skeletal muscles tend to wither and weaken, a phenomenon known as sarcopenia. Sarcopenia, which begins to appear at around age 40 and accelerates after 75, is a major cause of disability in the elderly. Exercise can help counter the effects of age-related muscle loss. Otherwise, there are no established treatments.

 

[catherinecherub]

Sarcopenia can occur at any age, it is not confined to older individuals. If you cannot exercise due to health problems then you are at risk. Obese individuals who do not exercise are as well.


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