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Interval walking (alternating fast and slow speeds) improves glucose effectiveness and insulin sensitivity more effectively than continuous walking of matched energy expenditure in T2DM patients.

If you want to maximize the metabolic benefits of walking, try interval walking. Alternate 1 minute of brisk walking with 1 minute of normal walking for 60 minutes, 5 times a week. This method may improve your insulin sensitivity more than walking at a constant speed.

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In this study, as compared with changes in a non-exercise control group, the glucose daily profile... and total and visceral fat... decreased, whereas insulin sensitivity... increased in the interval-walking group. Conversely, all these changes did not reach statistical significance in the continuous walking group.
P. Moghetti et al. · Sport Sciences for Health · 2020

Why this rating

Based on a small number of studies (Karstoft et al.) with specific protocols.

Source

Walking for subjects with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and joint AMD/SID/SISMES evidence-based practical guideline

P. Moghetti et al. · Sport Sciences for Health · 2020

DOI 10.1007/s11332-020-00690-y

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