Can Fat Fight Diabetes?
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Can Fat Fight Diabetes?
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Conventional wisdom tells us that, to be healthy, we should exercise and limit fatty foods. Exercise helps us lose weight, build muscle, strengthens our hearts and boosts how we take in and use oxygen for energy — one of the strongest predictors of health and longevity.
But people with high blood sugar often don’t enjoy those benefits from exercise, especially the ability to use oxygen efficiently.
For them, a new study suggests the answer could be eating not less fat, but more.
Exercise medicine scientist Sarah Lessard explains her new study that examines how the keto diet might help people with diabetes and high blood sugar in the latest episode of Big Science Small Pod.
“What we're really finding from this study and from our other studies is that diet and exercise aren't simply working in isolation,” she said. “There are a lot of combined effects. And so we can get the most benefits from exercise if we eat a healthy diet at the same time.”