Weight training linked to lower diabetes risk
WEIGHT TRAINING, and not just cardio workouts, is linked to a lower risk of developing diabetes, according to a US study.
“We all know that aerobic exercise is beneficial for diabetes — many studies have looked at that — but no studies have looked at weight training,” said study leader Frank Hu, at the Harvard School of Public Health.
“This study suggests that weight training is important for diabetes, and probably as important as aerobic training.”
Hu and his colleagues, whose report was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, used data on more than 32,000 male health professionals, who answered questionnaires every two years from 1990 to 2008.
On average, four out of 1,000 men developed type 2 diabetes every year, the researchers found.
The risk of getting the blood sugar disorder was only half as high for men who did cardio, or aerobic, workouts — say brisk walking, jogging or playing tennis — at least 150 minutes a week, as for those who didn’t do any cardio exercise.
Men who did weight training for 150 minutes or more had a risk reduction of a third compared to those who never lifted weights, independently of whether or not they did aerobic exercise.
Whereas weight training increases muscle mass and can reduce abdominal obesity, it tends not to cut overall body mass, said Hu.
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Low levels of vitamin D in older adults can raise mortality risk by 30%
A new study concludes that among older adults – especially those who are frail – low levels of vitamin D could mean a much higher mortality risk. But instead of a knee-jerk reaction rushing to sources of vitamin D, it’s important to first measure the level of vitamin D in older adults before older people start buying senior vitamins containing huge doses of vitamin D because vitamin D impacts muscle function and bones.
Therefore, it makes sense that the fat-soluble vitamin plays a big role in frailty. But can enough vitamin D ward-off or slow the progression of frailty? Or will too much vitamin D calcify the aorta of some older people who have a certain genetic variation?
Locally in Sacramento and Davis, the University of California, Davis Health System found low vitamin D levels in people living in Northern California who were suffering from metabolic syndrome, according to the local study, “UC Davis Health System study finds low vitamin-D levels in Northern California Residents with metabolic syndrome. In the U.C. Davis Health System study, scientists noted that supplementation with the “sunshine vitamin” may reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
High-carb diet tied to breast cancer risk for some
Older women who eat a lot of starchy and sweet carbohydrates may be at increased risk of a less common but deadlier form of breast cancer, according to a European study.
Apples Reduces Cholesterol, says study
As per a study, which has been published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, it has been revealed that apples are beneficial in reducing cholesterol levels. The study was being taken out by a group of researchers from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
The study researchers carried out a study on women, who have been witnessing post menopausal phase. They were asked to take either dried apples or dried plums. After a year, it was being revealed that women, who have consumed dried apples, have been able to reduce their cholesterol at a significant level.
“Consumption of about two medium-sized apples can significantly lower cholesterol levels as early as three months”, said the study researchers. The study, which was being funded by the US Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, is said to be not confident about whether eating the fresh apples will have the same result or not.
In addition, it was also being noticed during the research that many women dropped out from the study. So, real difference could not be known, as there could have been chances that the effect would have been more. It seems that more research is need on the matter.
Lack of vitamin D may lead to shortened lives
A study out of Oregon State Universityfound a link between low levels of vitamin D and earlier death among older adults, news that can’t be comforting in a state that’s low on sunshine.
The Portland Tribune reports that the study by OSU nutritional epidemiologist Ellen Smit, published last week in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, examined data from 4,300 adults older than 60. It found that the most frail seniors — the ones who tended to die earliest — had the lowest levels of vitamin D in their blood
Fiber-Added Foods Don’t Stop Hunger
Fiber-enriched processed foods won’t help you feel fuller longer, a small study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics finds.
In the study, 22 women who ate high-fiber breakfast bars in the morning were just as hungry at lunchtime as the days they ate low-fiber breakfast bars. Their food intake for the rest of the day past lunch was similar as well. True to fiber form, the high-fiber breakfasts did cause more gas and bloating, however.
But these findings are not a reason to eat less fiber, senior researcher Joanne Slavin, RD, professor at the University of Minnesota told Reuters Health. ”It’s hard to get people to eat enough fiber. It’s one of our shortfall nutrients,” she says. “I think putting fiber into foods that people will actually eat is a good thing.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that women consume 20 grams to 25 grams of fiber per day and men at least 30 grams. It’s estimated that most adults eat around 12. The bars in the study contained 10 grams each.
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Cheese Consumption Linked With Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Cheese eaters may have more than refined palates — they may also carry a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.
Research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that people who reported being cheese eaters have a 12 percent lower risk of the disease than people who don’t eat cheese.
Plus, people who ate more cheese, fermented milk and yogurt in the study were also more likely to have a decreased diabetes risk than people who ate less of these foods, noted the researchers, who came from Oxford University and Imperial College London.
But overall, dairy consumption was not linked with an increased or decreased risk of diabetes, the researchers found.
