Regular exercise cuts cholesterol levels in men with type 1 diabetes, possibly lowering their risk of heart disease, new research shows.
Researchers studied 42 young men with type-1 diabetes.
Half of the men followed an exercise regimen of running for a half-hour to an hour, three to five times per week.
After several months, the exercise group saw their LDL ("bad") cholesterol drop, along with levels of other blood fats. At the same time, up went their levels of heart-protecting HDL cholesterol.
The effects were greatest among men who started off with the worst cholesterol levels.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder that most often strikes children and young adults.
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise September, 2000; 32: 1541-1548
Although exercise will not reverse type one diabetes it will certainly help to improve control of the blood sugar. Exercise does provide some side effects in this group of individuals as it will lower their blood sugar and if they don't compensate for that with a decrease in their insulin use it will cause hypoglycemia which could cause some brain cell loss. However, overall, it is an essential component of a way to control both type one and type two diabetes.
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