[muawiyah]

This article is OPEN so you don't need to be a subscriber to Science News to read the whole thing. Any Type II diabetics reading this piece should copy the URL to their "favorites" and go back to it time to time to read it.

This doesn't mean Type II diabetes is all that simple, but the fact that bone hormones are involved is consistent with one of the "cures" we have available to us, and that's an immense amount of walking ~ a mile or two a day seems to stimulate the body in some manner to overcome insulin resistance and to reduce blood sugar levels.

Certainly walking has to put some degree of strain on the long bones and major joints of our bodies, and that has to send some sort of signal to the biochemistry resident in the bones.

[MNJohnnie]

I’m not fat! It’s my bones fault!

[oneamericanvoice]

I don’t have diabetes, however there is a family history. Unfortunately, walking one to two miles per day is out of the question due to osteo problems. Therefore.....

[billorites]

"bone cells exert a surprising influence on how the body regulates sugar, energy, and fat."

Nonsense.
It's all due to Karl Rove
in the Bat Cave.
With the Osteomatron.

[Wuli]

It only makes sense and seems it would not be a mystery - that our bones would be involved in differences in blood chemistry, and the performance of blood, in as much many of blood’s constituents are manufactured in the bone marrow.

I cannot believe that this avenue of research is only just now finding this hypothesis.

[irishtenor]

Very interesting. I have type II, and walk about 3-4 miles a day at work. I also bike about 20-40 miles a week. I’ve lost about 60 pounds and have about 40 pounds to go to reach my primary goal weight.

[neverdem]

Not Just Meat Scaffolding

Here's another thread with some links. The image first appeared as an "X'd" out image box, then I could recover its URL. The next time I looked at the top of the article the image reappeared. It's weird.

[Fairview]

. . .an immense amount of walking ~ a mile or two a day . . .

A mile or two a day isn't exactly "an immense amount of walking." It's trivial, actually. Now, if you walked four or five miles a day, that would be reasonable for someone who was trying seriously to deal with a health problem through exercise, and even that isn't "immense."

My dogs inform me that I have no choice but to walk at least four miles a day. Sun, rain, moon, snow, whatever, we are going out in it.

[LonePalm]

Ping, Sweetie.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[restornu]

Thanks for the article!