Posted on 02/22/2023 12:58:47 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Put 20 young men in bed for two months with no physical activity and what do you get? A new study shows that long-term inactivity significantly increases blood sugar levels even if you reduce your food intake to avoid gaining weight.
The research was part of a European Space Agency (ESA) bed rest study. For 60 days, 20 young, fit and healthy male participants stayed in bed with their feet above their heads while international researchers assessed numerous health measures. Individuals remained in bed even while they ate, showered, and went to the toilet.
Research from the team from Bath focused on participants' metabolic heath: how well your body controls blood sugar. Previous work from the same team in 2018 demonstrated that exercise, even in short bursts, has a major impact on blood sugar in the short term. With this new study, they wanted to understand more about what happens when there is no physical activity or movement over weeks and months. Participants were fed a much-reduced diet to compensate for their much-reduced physical activity and to stop them gaining weight.
The results show that even when food intake was reduced to match participants' much lower energy expenditure during bed rest, inactivity negatively and profoundly impacted their blood sugar levels.
As a result of taking part in the bed rest study, average blood sugar levels among participants increased by around 6% in the day, and by 10% at night. Their ability to dispose of blood sugar—i.e., to take up blood sugar into muscles—also decreased by nearly a quarter (24%). Participants were struggling to control their blood sugar, which is an important risk factor in developing conditions such as cardiovascular disease or type II diabetes.
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And this was with a calorie restricted diet! Imagine the average couch potato. Shudder...
You get biden supporters.
They ate, showered and emptied their bowels all while lying in bed?!!
Woe to be a Nurse’s Aide for this study. Should be paid for hazardous duty.
As dumb as the dumbest study I’ve ever read about.
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