University of Michigan has recently published a research report whereby it has been shown that a small session of physical exercise, especially the aerobic type, causes extra storage of fats in the muscles. This altered fat metabolism increases insulin sensitivity and thereby reduces greatly the risk of type 2 diabetes. Due lack of exercises, body becomes insulin resistant which ultimately leads to high blood sugar and diabetes, as owing to the less insulin sensitivity, body behaves less efficient to take up sugar from blood.

As the obese peoples are more prone to the diabetes and blood sugar, the effect of exercise against health benefits is immediately visible on them. Eight lean female subjects were chosen by the U-M researchers to study the effects of more fat storage to the insulin sensitivity of the body. A higher degree of fatty acids, similar to the obese bode, were infused into their blood stream and were taken into for two separate experiments. In one of such experiment, they were put under a session of heavy exercise of approximately 90 minutes and in the other case, they were kept totally inactive. The result were as expected, in that, the inactive people had shown the tendency of less insulin sensitivity and the other group had shown dramatic improvement in terms of insulin sensitivity of the body. It was as high as 25 percent more than the usual base level of the body’s insulin sensitivity trend.

It was concluded that exercise helps to store fatty acids in the forms of IMTG (intramuscular triglyceride), which prevents forming impaired insulin sensitivity and thus reduces the risk of blood sugar and diabetes. Therefore, a frequent exercise, if not regular, will help you keep fit, at least in terms of blood sugar and diabetes.

Source: Science Daily