Each step increases the distance…
So, I think I caught my blood sugar in time.
I’ve already spoken about some of the things I did to get my blood sugar out of the diabetic range in previous posts. I drank Mulberry leaf tea, and I gave the reasons why. I took fenugreek capsules everyday after my most carb heavy meal, and I explained why.
I also did something else.
It should be a well-known fact among people who suffer from prediabetes and/or insulin resistance or diabetes type 2 that there is something else that helps improve insulin resistance. It is not a drug, it is not a medicinal herb, and it doesn’t involve changing your diet.
It is exercise.
Exercise reduces insulin resistance.
I know!
This is such a simple thing to do, and it doesn’t include going to the gym. It can be as simple as going for a walk every day.
I’m lucky that I live in an area where I can walk out of my front door, then walk through a community park, then walk around some docks and be home in about half an hour [in comparative safety]. I don’t live in a war zone, I don’t live in the middle of a city, I don’t live in an area where there’s manifestly high numbers of drug addicts.
So for me to go for a walk every day is an easy option. I’m quite aware that there may be people in situations where this is a difficulty. But I suppose if you can’t go out you could exercise indoors? You could run up and down stairs a few times every day, as long as you don’t live in a bungalow. If you live in a bungalow or a flat you just make sure you walk up and down lots everyday.
Moving the body does so much good. It gets the muscles going, the circulations going, oxygen and nutrients are delivered to organs and tissues where they are needed more efficiently.
And I quote:
- ‘During exercise glucose uptake can occur independently of insulin regulation’ [1]
- And exercise lowers blood glucose levels and boosts your body’s sensitivity to insulin, countering insulin resistance. [2]
What this means, my friends, is that if you have insulin resistance, pre-diabetes or diabetes type 2, that there is a drug-free way of helping your cells get the glucose out of your blood stream and into your cells without 100% relying on insulin. And I think our body’s need all the help they can get.
And the exercise will also help me shift the extra two stones I have accumulated from goodness-knows-where [only I probably do], and reduce my risk of heart attack or stroke, and make me more alert.
This is a win-win, people.
If you, like me, have an inbred dislike of relying on anybody else for health maintenance, get your trainers on, open the door, and get out there.
You might see me…
[1] Exercise and Insulin Resistance https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32342455/ [2] The Importance of Insulin When You Have Diabeteshttps://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-importance-of-exercise-when-you-have-diabetes
