Weight-Lifting Could Reduce The Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes
Pumping weights five times a week can reduce the risk of
type 2 diabetes by a third and if combined with aerobic exercise can curt the
risk by almost 60 per cent, a study has found.
Even small amounts of weight training had an effect on
type 2 diabetes, it was found, which is important for those people who cannot
cope with aerobic exercise, the authors said.
However, combining both weight training and aerobic
exercise gave the biggest benefits, they said.
Type 2 diabetes affects around two million people in
Britain, many of which do not know they have it. It is largely associated with
being overweight and substantially increases the risk of suffering a heart
attack.
The researchers from Havard School of Public Health in
Boston, America and the University of Southern Denmark, followed 32,000 men for
18 years.
The benefits of weight training and aerobic exercise were
independent of each other, meaning participants reduced their risk of diabetes
by only doing one, but the combined effects were greater, it was found.
The findings were published online in Archives of
Internal Medicine.
Comments
Post a Comment