December 2022

Exercise Interventions Improve Blood Glucose Control
Building on previous research and medical observations that established the negative physical health consequences of insulin resistance, a team of researchers from Tübingen, Germany, sought to determine how brain insulin sensitivity can be restored in human subjects. In the study published in JCI Insight, the team shares what they discovered. Read more.

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Afternoon, Evening Exercise Associated With Insulin Resistance Reduction
New research shows that moving one’s workout to later in the day may reduce insulin resistance by up to 25% when compared with morning exercise, and although breaking up a day of sedentary time with periodic nonsedentary activities reduces cardiovascular risk, it did not seem to improve the outcome of insulin resistance. Learn more.

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Higher Vitamin D Levels May Protect Against Diabetes
Building on previously established benchmarks that the risk of diabetes is higher when levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are lower among non-Hispanic white individuals, researchers from Ohio State University explored the less clear association between diabetes and vitamin D among African American populations and published their findings in Nutrition & Diabetes. Read more.

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