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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / September 2007Walking to Work May Cut Diabetes Risk
As Tom says..."Up,up, and Away!" Kurt http://www.diabetes.org/diabetesnewsarticle.jsp?storyId=16045413&filename=200709 26/reuters20070926health00000004reutershealthewEDIT.xml or http://tinyurl.com/2tg5hs (excerpt) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lowering your diabetes risk may be as easy as walking to work, Japanese researchers have found. Regular exercise, such as brisk walking, is one way to cut the risk of type 2 diabetes, a disease closely associated with obesity. But it has been unclear whether light exercise -- like a leisurely paced walk to work -- has the same benefit, according to the authors of the new study. To find out, the researchers used data from an ongoing health study of middle-aged Japanese men working for the same large employer. They focused on nearly 8,600 men who had normal blood sugar levels at the study's outset and were followed for four years afterward. In general, the study found, the more walking the men did to get to work, the lower their risk was of developing type 2 diabetes over the next four years. > As Tom says..."Up,up, and Away!" > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > work, the lower their risk was of developing type 2 diabetes over the > next four years. Sorry, but a 'leisurely paced' 30 mile stroll to work just is not in the cards. >> As Tom says..."Up,up, and Away!" >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> work, the lower their risk was of developing type 2 diabetes over the >> next four years. > Sorry, but a 'leisurely paced' 30 mile stroll to work just is not in the > cards. Who said you had to do that? Read that last sentence again. "the more walking ... the lower their risk was of developing type 2 diabetes ..." In other words, the further away from home (or work) you parked your car, the less your risk. But how much less? There are no numbers in the above exerpt. If, for example, walking an extra mile reduced one's risk by 0.1% then this is an interesting research finding, but not of much use to the averagely busy working person. If on the other hand walking a mile reduced one's risk by 10%, then this is an extremely useful therapeutic intervention. According to the researchers "Men who said their walk took at least 21 minutes were one-quarter less likely to develop diabetes than their co-workers who walked for 10 minutes or less." Well, there you go -- the risk reduction, if linear, is in the 5-10% a mile range. In other words as effective as many drug therapies which are heralded as "remarkable breakthroughs".  SignatureChris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] > >> As Tom says..."Up,up, and Away!" > >> [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > words as effective as many drug therapies which are heralded as > "remarkable breakthroughs". This would not be a practical solution for many especially when there is inclement weather. Thankfully, eating less, down the the optimal amount is both necessary and sufficient to effect a cure of insulin resistance (IR/MetS) and possibly also type-2 diabetes: http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/Healing Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be blessed: Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit, Andrew <>< -- Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com Bondservant to the KING of kings and LORD of lords. Eating less, down to the right amount is definitely much easier than walking for those of us who no longer have the world's lie about hunger in our hearts and does more than just reduce diabetes risk but prevents type-2 diabetes (T2DM) by curing IR/MetS and may possibly even cure the T2DM if already present: http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/Healing Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be blessed: http://HeartMDPhD.com/PressRelease Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit, Andrew <>< -- Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com Bondservant to the KING of kings and LORD of lords. > As Tom says..."Up,up, and Away!" > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > work, the lower their risk was of developing type 2 diabetes over the > next four years. Our armchir exercise expert opines: "Eating less, down to the right amount is definitely much easier than walking for those of us who no longer have the world's lie about hunger in our hearts and does more than just reduce diabetes risk but prevents type-2 diabetes (T2DM) by curing IR/MetS and may possibly even cure the T2DM if already present:" Exercise helps to reverse insulin resistance even before weight loss with a calorie reduction diet. The responsible doctor, that is a doctor in the know, would propose both exercise and a calorie reduced diet with attention to what is eaten for weight loss to a patient. The responsible doctor in the know is aware from his reading of current research that the combination produces results not possible with one of these three factors of exercise, calorie reduction and diet content alone. The responsible doctor knows that diabetes has no cure currently, only reversing of symptoms to some degree is possible. He knows of the changes in the body that have occured that even reversing symptoms does not change that are fundimental to diabetes. God bless. |
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