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Keeping Fitness And Build Muscle Mass
Increasing muscle mass can help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.
13.644 Researchers analyzed data from adults participating in the National Survey of health and nutrition examination EE III. UU. Between 1988 and 1994. Found that for every increase of ten percent in the skeletal muscle index (EMI), a proportion of muscle mass and total body weight, there was an eleven percent reduction in insulin resistance, a precursor of diabetes.
There was also a reduction of twelve percent in prediabetes, a condition characterized by blood glucose levels above normal, the researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles.
“Our finding suggests that rather than focusing on losing weight to improve metabolic health, perhaps to maintain fitness and build muscle mass also has a role,” he said in a news release from UCLA Dr. Reith Srikanth, professor medical assistant in the division of endocrinology.
“This is a welcome message for many overweight patients who experience difficulty in achieving weight loss, since any effort to move and maintain physical fitness should be seen as laudable and as a contribution to metabolic change,” he added.
The study appears in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.