Easy Health Options Staff | Feb 14, 2012 | Comments 0
Short sprints followed by rest periods may be the best exercise for helping control diabetes. And if you sprint at the top of a mountain, where the air is lower in oxygen, that may help, too. (But check with your healthcare practitioner first.)Recently, a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that intermittent exercise (interval exercises like sprinting and resting) with and without low oxygen concentrations, can improve type 2 diabetes. While current guidelines recommend that diabetics get at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day, this is the first research to explore the benefits of intermittent exercise, which is defined as a workout routine with short bursts of high-intensity exercise followed by periods of recovery.
“Here we have shown that intermittent exercise seems to improve the glucose profiles of type 2 diabetics with a greater positive effect when intermittent exercise is combined with mild hypoxia [low oxygen concentrations], similar to doing the exercise at altitudes of 2,500 meters,” said lead author Richard Mackenzie, Ph.D.
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