Mix it up
Speaking of diabetes control, new research reinforces the importance of exercise in any diabetes management program. Scientists at Auckland University in New Zealand found that a combination of resistance training like weight lifting and aerobic exercise like walking, running or cycling results in the best results.
Exercise -- especially strength training -- has been shown to make your cells more sensitive to the effects of insulin, which drives glucose from the blood to the inside of the cell where it gets burned up as energy. This results in lower and more stable blood sugar levels.
This combination approach holds true on a larger scale, as well; the best diabetes control efforts unite nutrition and lifestyle changes like giving up cigarettes and alcohol along with exercise.
Actually, that's good advice for anyone, whether you have diabetes or not.
