Q.6: HOW DOES THE 8 MINUTE WORKOUT AT FASTWAY FITNESS AFFECT DIABETES?

Most late onset diabetes results from loss of total muscle mass all over the body. Muscles act as a reservoir to absorb and store excess glucose in the form of glycogen. When the glucose level in the blood is too high they absorb and store the excess blood-sugar. They release that glucose again when the level of glucose in the blood is too low. When people gradually lose muscle as a result of a sedentary lifestyle, that glycogen storage reservoir becomes smaller and the glucose level in the blood can no longer be properly regulated with the smaller muscle mass. This results in erratic swings of blood-sugar levels. The body now must resort to emergency measures to try to balance the blood-sugar level. The body will use the insulin made by the pancreas to help restore the blood-sugar balance. When people gradually lose muscle mass the pancreas will be called upon ever more often during the course of the day and at some point will not be able to keep up with insulin production. At that point people will need artificial insulin supplementation. OF COURSE THEY COULD START EXERCISING TO RESTORE SOME OR ALL OF THE MUSCLE MASS THEY HAVE LOST OVER THE YEARS AND GET RID OF THE PROBLEM. Rebuilding the lost muscle mass will slowly and gradually improve blood-sugar imbalance problems. In Type 1 diabetes it will help balance blood-sugar but cannot solve the pancreas deficiency and all insulin dependency. In Type 2 diabetes it will gradually decrease insulin dependency and can eventually totally eliminate insulin dependency.