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    Taking more steps every day can keep diabetes at bay

    By ANI | ANI – Fri 14 Jan, 2011

    London, Jan 14 (ANI): A new study has suggested that simply taking more steps every day not only helps ward off obesity but also reduces the risk of diabetes.

    While previous studies have shown that physical activity reduces body mass index and insulin resistance - an early stage in the development of diabetes - this is the first study to estimate the effects of long-term changes in daily step count on insulin sensitivity.

    A popular guideline is to do 10,000 steps every day, though a more recent recommendation is 3,000 steps, five days a week.

    The study, by the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, involved 592 middle aged adults who took part in a national study to map diabetes levels across Australia between 2000 and 2005.

    At the start of the study, participants completed a detailed diet and lifestyle questionnaire and underwent a thorough health examination. They were also given a pedometer and instructed how to use it. Participants were monitored again five years later.

    Other lifestyle factors, such as diet, alcohol and smoking were taken into account.

    A higher daily step count over five years was associated with a lower body mass index, lower waist to hip ratio, and better insulin sensitivity.

    These associations were independent of dietary energy intake and appeared to be largely due to a change in adiposity (fatness) over the five years, say the authors.

    The authors estimate that, in their setting, a sedentary person who takes a very low number of daily steps but who was able to change behaviour over five years to meet the popular 10,000 daily step guideline would have a threefold improvement in insulin sensitivity compared with a similar person who increased his or her steps to meet the more recent recommendation of 3,000 steps for five days a week.

    They conclude: "These findings, confirming an independent beneficial role of higher daily step count on body mass index, waist to hip ratio, and insulin sensitivity, provide further support to promote higher physical activity levels among middle aged adults."

    The study has been published on bmj.com today. (ANI)

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    • Kamal
      Kamal  •  1 year 4 months ago
      Diabet is a lifestyle disease.It is a silent killer.Diabetism slowly defunctall the organs inside human body. Its a protein killer disease. Thats why diabetic patient gradually used to have getting dryed. Therefore, everybody should aware of dibetic.One can go to doctor but medicine can reduce sugar for a time being but for long run one can have sufficient control on discharge of insulin. That is possible in summarised way i.e walking & swiming, which could depend upon the age and access.
    • Thomandram
      Thomandram  •  1 year 4 months ago
      I read in some books that diabetic patients should keep away from beer. It contains some alcohol also which will affect the nerves of the body.
    • m
      m  •  1 year 4 months ago
      The Study can be followed ( Nearly 5 Kms. Daily Walking + 20 minutes of exercises ) and I believe that as much as the Physical Exercises is being regular , it is not only help to the Diabetic people but will improve the body overall fitness concerned . Ms. Bharat Swabhimaan followed the Baba Ram Dev ji exercises , it means she is regular and active Physically and that is a desirable mood of keeping fitness, drinking Beer in a limited intake will not be harmful , but needs to be a little more worked out the next day.

      Body in people , system to system differ , but the common exercises are already studied for good and to be followed as the Body to get the general fitness.
      If we follow the Nature , it will direct us to have our Natural health and the body condition to be in a cheerful fitness.
    • pk
      pk  •  1 year 4 months ago
      Diabetics need to remain cheerful besides regulating diet and remaining on exercise for at least for 45 minutes a day. Cheerfulness is a state of mind that has to be cultivated through meditation, reading books of your choice, listening music that soothes your temperament and playing with pets besides being close to nature such as river, trees, plants, etc.These are not difficult to practise. I do accept the numerical findindings of researches but these thinhs as I have experienced are generally being undervalued.

      PK Bahinipati
    • Bharat Swabhimaan
      Bharat Swabhimaan  •  1 year 4 months ago
      This is non sence, Beer has higher number of calories and increases the chance of diebetes. western medical theories are baseless. I had diebetes now completly cured. through Baba Ram Dev jis Yog . Sice then thousands and thousands say there blood pressures, kidney problems cancer, blood cancer and so on has been cured. I cerrtainly believe Baba Ram Dev ji as I ave seen this happen to me. Bharat Mata Ki Jai.
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