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March 18, 2025 22 mins

In this episode of the Building Lifelong Athletes podcast we talk about a meta analysis that looked at what exercise was best for improving type two diabetes.

We cover the following topics:
00:00 - Introduction
00:33 - Diabetes Overview
01:47 - Study Overview
02:18 - Understanding HbA1C
04:08 - Exercise and A1C: General Findings
04:36 - Marker 7
05:55 - What Type Of Exercise Is Best?
08:42 - Direct Comparisons
09:50 - Exercise Dosage
11:12 - Explaining METs
12:46 - Is More Better?
13:22 - Dose Specifics for Different Exercise
15:45 - Is HIIT King?
17:52 - Other Factors Affecting Findings
18:41 - Limitations
19:26 - Final Thoughts
21:18 - Outro

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REFERENCES:

Liang, Z., Zhang, M., Wang, C., Hao, F., Yu, Y., Tian, S., & Yuan, Y. (2024). The Best Exercise Modality and Dose to Reduce Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review with Pairwise, Network, and Dose–Response Meta-Analyses. Sports Medicine, 54(10), 2557–2570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-024-02057-6  

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