Hormonal
Regular moderate-intensity aerobic exercise training prevents type 2 diabetes development and attenuates its progression by reducing oxidative stress and low-grade inflammation, thereby improving insulin sensitivity and glycemic control.
Engage in moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (like brisk walking, cycling, or swimming) for about 1 hour, 3 times a week. You do not need to lose weight for this to help your blood sugar control. The key is consistency and maintaining this routine over at least 12 weeks to see significant improvements in insulin sensitivity and blood pressure.
regular and moderate intensity physical exercise (training) is able, per se, to attenuate insulin resistance and control glycaemia, dyslipidaemia and blood pressure, thus reducing cardiovascular risk, by interfering with the pathophysiological mechanisms at different levels, including oxidative stress and low-grade inflammation, which are key features of diabesity.
Why this rating
The paper is a review citing multiple animal models (ZDF rats) and human meta-analyses, providing strong mechanistic and clinical evidence, though it is not a single primary RCT.
Source
Regular physical exercise training assists in preventing type 2 diabetes development: focus on its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties
Edite Teixeira‐Lemos et al. · Cardiovascular Diabetology · 2011
DOI 10.1186/1475-2840-10-12
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