Tone Up Your Muscles To Prevent Diabetes

Eating the wrong type of food and too much of it together with a lack of muscular exertion are making many of us fat, immobile and sick. The combination of these things can trigger an insidious metabolic disorder that often is not noticed for many years but can have fatal consequences.

High levels of blood sugar over a long period of time cause massive damage to blood vessels and organs. These constant elevations in blood sugar and the resulting surges in insulin cause the body’s hormonal signaling mechanisms to be constantly disrupted and result is a hormonal system that is not functioning properly. Kind of like a car engine out of tune.

Since hormonal balance is essential for health and wellness, high insulin levels caused by too many highly refined carbohydrates are one of the primary causes of accelerated aging and poor health. Every year, the obesity crisis worsens and the level of health deteriorates further and as a result, type 2 diabetes is becoming more and more prevalent.

The basic problem in all forms of diabetes is that blood sugar levels are too high too much of the time so to prevent it the most important things are (1) to keep blood sugar levels under control, and (2) to improve your cells’ sensitivity to insulin.

A proper exercise program containing mostly strength training does BOTH of these things better than any other form of exercise. If muscles are exercised properly at the right level of intensity (degree of effort) and diet is controlled, the problem can be brought under control. In contrast to medication on its own, these two factors have a long lasting and healthy effect on metabolic activity in the muscle cell.

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