Exercise Alone May Help Those With Type 2 Diabetes

Exercise benefits people with type 2 diabetes even if they don't make any other lifestyle or diet changes, a new study says. Dutch researchers conducted MRI exams of 12 patients with diabetes before and after they did six months of moderate-intensity exercise. Each week, the participants, who were an average age of 46, exercised between three and a half and six hours a week during two endurance and two resistance training sessions. The six-month exercise program ended with a 12-day trekking expedition, according to the study published online in the journal Radiology. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_138138.html