Research shows that older people with type 2 diabetes often have less muscle and more fat. In these people, little muscle mass can mean that they suffer more from oxidative stress, which means damage to the cells. These elderly people also had higher sugar levels in their blood if they had not yet eaten anything.
100 people aged 65 and older with type 2 diabetes participated in the study. They were all taking metformin, a drug for diabetes, and had good blood sugar levels. The researchers looked at how much muscle and fat the participants had, how much stress their body was under due to oxidation and how their body used sugar. People with little body fat also had less muscle, and those who ate more protein had more muscle. Low muscle mass was also linked to more oxidative stress and higher blood sugar levels without eating.
Muscles are important for using sugar in the body and less muscle can lead to problems with insulin, which is important for regulating blood sugar levels. The study says that type 2 diabetes can lead to more oxidative stress, which in turn can lead to less muscle. Muscle loss is one of the first signs of aging in tissues. Maintaining muscle mass can help you grow older healthier without surgery. Exercise, weight training and eating enough protein are very important. Also, some diabetes medications, such as SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists, can affect the amount of body fat and muscle loss.
Reference: Alabadi, B., et al. (2023). Low muscle mass is linked to poorer blood sugar control and more oxidative stress in older people with type 2 diabetes. Nutrients, 15(14), 3167.
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Huge open door: more exercise, enough proteins and healthy food. The question is what is oxidative and what kind of 'inhibitors' are SGLT and GLP agonists. I can't do anything there.
Hans Bos, maybe take a look here: https://shorturl.at/dlOV2
But beware, it is a commercial site.
Just a matter of Googling: https://www.farmacotherapeutischkompas.nl/bladeren/groepsteksten/sglt2_remmers en https://www.farmacotherapeutischkompas.nl/bladeren/groepsteksten/glp1_agonisten
In my opinion, an article should be clear and not full of words that show how intelligent the writer is. At least that's how it is with most media.
Pretty simple, hit the iron. Train your muscles and you can reverse diabetes.
Have you ever seen a strength athlete with type 2 diabetes? That is almost impossible, according to researchers from the University of California. They investigated the interaction between muscle mass and insulin receptors. The more sensitive these receptors, the smaller the risk of diabetes.
The researchers found that the higher the percentage of muscle mass compared to your total body weight, the more sensitive the insulin receptors are. It makes some sense when you consider that insulin is a powerful growth hormone that is responsible for the transport of glucose to the body cells, especially muscle cells. The more sensitive these receptors, the more efficiently and quickly the energy stores in your muscles are 'recharged'. By the way, strength training in combination with creatine appears to work even better (source).
Strength training not only prevents diabetes or prediabetes, it is also useful for people who already have type 2 diabetes. Thanks to strength training, the insulin receptors become more sensitive again. There are already plenty of cases of people with type 2 diabetes who were able to completely stop injecting insulin after following a thorough strength training program. It is also important to eat the right food, as explained above.
A study published in the American scientific journal JAMA also states that diabetes patients benefit from strength training in combination with cardio. 260 type 2 diabetes patients (adult-onset diabetes) participated in this study. They received a strength sports, endurance sports or combination program. The blood sugar level decreased in the group that did the combination program, but not significantly in the other groups. According to this research, it is best to start your sports session with 20 minutes of fairly intensive cardio, followed by strength training.
So again, if you want to reverse type 2 diabetes, follow a good nutrition and exercise program!
Among Thai people Diabetes 2 is a big problem. There is far too much sugar in food. Payuth was going to introduce sugar tax under pressure from many doctors. It never happened.
Hurray! It's going to happen now. For those with a sweet tooth, many things will soon be unaffordable.
The tax is coming. The doctors have scored an important point.
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There is quite a bit of confusion surrounding the concept of 'reversing' type 2 diabetes. Yes, through healthy living you can often get your blood sugar back down so you no longer need medication. And no, unfortunately this does not cure diabetes.
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It is clear that sitting behind the geraniums is not with a bowl of unhealthy food, but getting older people to immediately take out a subscription to the gym also has its disadvantages for many.
Walk twice a day, 45 minutes, intensively, and of course exercise on my 'indoor bike' is good, but I leave the dumbbells to someone else.
The rest of the day I am also 'active' for my age, even busy at times.
In Thailand this is easy for most people, in the Netherlands less so in your garden or on your balcony.
By the way, it is a stealthy diabetes, so many people are completely unaware that they already have or have passed the orange light.
Have me tested periodically for various things that do not provide certainty about your health, but do provide certainty about the direction your body is going.
Your whole story makes sense except for the first part, because as you say, it is 'pretty simple'
Atlas, there are also people who cannot walk or only have pain. I am one of them. That leaves only the iron bars for some movement; I also find that more fun than throwing a ball from your chair in a circle to fellow sufferers...
Sugar-2, I don't have it yet, indeed also depends on diet and body weight. With the emphasis on 'also'.