This seems obvious to me because to have strong muscles you need to use them in a challenging way, which uses up blood glucose and makes the muscles bigger, which burns more calories at rest, just because they are an active tissue.
Work those muscles! It doesn’t matter much if others in your family have Type 2 diabetes, as this review concluded. Genetics play a smaller role than thought.
You choose your own health’s direction.
Weight training burns blood sugar as well.
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It would seem that it is one thing to burn more blood sugar via weight training, while it is quite another to have an insulin resistance problem. The former is analogous to getting one’s fasting glucose test after 8-10 hours fasting versus 16-18. The former is more likely to look like a prediabetic.
Did not help my dad.
I listened to a YouTube video yesterday by Dr Chris Palmer, Harvard psychiatrist, regarding this topic. He stated that exercise significantly increases the quantity of mitochondria in the muscles. They are the powerhouses of energy for the body, producing ATP, the fuel our body uses.
He stated that it’s not about muscle mass, but quantity of mitochondria. Working muscles that have stamina and endurance are high density mitochondria, show muscles are not.
It’s the reason that dark meat (high density) is better than white meat, (low density.)
It’s also the reason why brown fat is healthy while white fat is not.
He went on to explain how fasting and a ketone diet improves both physical and mental health. The keto diet makes mitochondria function better.
Sugar and starches make mitochondria “sticky.”
Studies have shown that fasting and keto even eliminated epileptic seizures without medication.
He is not a big proponent of vitamins and supplements. However, he did mention Urolithin A.
“Urolithin A (UA) is a naturally occurring compound derived from the metabolism of gut microbiota, which has attracted considerable research attention due to its pharmacological effects and potential implications in muscle health and performance.
Recent studies have demonstrated that Urolithin A exhibits diverse biological activities, encompassing anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-tumor, and anti-aging properties.
In terms of muscle health, accumulating evidence suggests that Urolithin A may promote muscle protein synthesis and muscle growth through various pathways, offering promise in mitigating muscle atrophy. Moreover, Urolithin A exhibits the potential to enhance muscle health and performance by improving mitochondrial function and regulating autophagy.
Those with big muscles are also more likely to not have big fat and exercise and care about what they eat more.
The article states that they used hand strength to evaluate over all strength. Hand strength is greatly reduced if you have arthritis. So is it muscle use that they are measuring or lack of arthritis. And is there something that causes diabetes and arthritis? Does arthritis cause or promote diabetes?
I guess this means I should keep going to the gym. :-)
You can mitigate some health issues with diet and exercise, but from my personal experience you ain’t gonna beat genetics. They’re going to get you every time.