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Move, Lift, Repeat

April 9, 2014 by Bonni

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It has been long discovered that engaging in aerobic exercise has numerous benefits, including lowering the risk of diabetes.  More recently we are learning that muscle-strengthening exercises such as yoga and weight-lifting, are also great ways to lower your diabetes risk.  Combine the two and you lower your risk factor even more.  Women who reported at least an hour a week of muscle-strengthening work plus at least 2.5 hours a week of aerobic exercise had a whopping 67% lower risk of getting diabetes than inactive women.

So if you want to lower your risk factor, regardless of your “genes,” or reverse your type-2 diabetes AND reap a whole lot more health benefits such as keeping a lid on weight gain, heart disease, stroke, colon and breast cancer and depression, GET MOVING and GET LIFTING!

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