More reasons to keep moving

[Blithe Morning]

It's too easy to let the winter blahs keep me at my desk all day on my bee-hind. This is just the ticket to get me up and moving more regularly.

HEALTH
Well: Why It’s So Important to Keep Moving
By By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Published: February 29, 2012
Inactivity produced spikes in blood sugar levels in healthy young volunteers, which may help explain why sedentary behavior raises the risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/2 ... ep-moving/

[wosnes]

I saw that and was going to link to it, too.

In terms of diabetes, about 10-15 years ago I read the results of a study that said that exercise was equally if not more important than diet in prevention and treatment of the disease.

I also read this article from reversingdiabetes.org

How do we make a cell hungry? Exercise! Walk, walk, walk, walk.

And this is the simple secret that is allowing people with diabetes to walk away from heart attacks, dialysis, and daily insulin injections.

[mcs]

I enjoyed reading the Times article. I don't have diabetes, but I don't want it either. I am overweight, mostly active but not active enough. I've recently started exercising along with the NO S diet. Our dog developed diabetes and she wasn't overweight. It was terrible to see what that disease did to a dog. Let alone a human. I'm not interested in that if I can prevent it.

I've never thought of "cells being hungry." I guess this means we want them hungry so they'll use up the sugar in the blood. Great concept and one I'll remember.

[clarinetgal]

So true! Diabetes is rampant in my family, so one of the reasons I exercise is I do NOT want it.