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Exercise is more effective at preventing type 2 diabetes than diet, and yet all we do is moralize at people about diet. We should be encouraging people to walk

Exercise is more effective at preventing type 2 diabetes than diet, and yet all we do is moralize at people about diet. We should be encouraging people to walk daily. This one simple trick would have profound impacts on our metabolic dysfunction, heart disease, and cancer rates. The Levels Health people have a lot of data on this. Taking a walk after eating a meal can blunt the blood sugar spike by upwards of 50% (depending on the food and the duration of the walk). They did a study that showed walking after drinking a can of Coke drastically cut the blood sugar spike.

FigurativeVoid 3y ago
My PCP is the only medical professional that I has said this to me. He said that he thinks exercise is far more important than diet to weight loss. I thought this was a bit controversial, but according to all his anecdata, the people who actually manage to lose weight are the people that are training. I think if you train really hard, diet can follow. But even the benefit of exercise without a strict diet seem underrated. Edit: more thoughts Exercise is also easier than dieting. I find it much easier to do something than to not do it. Food access is a huge issue in many places, but you should be able to walk and do some basic training no matter where you are.
- pwthornton 3y ago
  Ideally, you would tackle both, but the benefits of exercise go beyond burning calories: 1) Exercise helps with hormone regulation, including testosterone 2) Exercise improves mood, focus, and sleep, all of which help with stress eating and mindless snacking 3) Exercise builds and maintains lean tissue mass, which increases your metabolism 4) Sufficient exercise has been shown to blunt appetite (300 minutes a week) Exercise puts you into place to be successful. People who train daily just get so many benefits. One thing I read said you can sort of outrun a poor diet with enough exercise (combo of resistance and cardio). But, again, doing both yields really good results.
  - FigurativeVoid 3y ago
    Agreed in all parts.

FigurativeVoid 3y ago

My PCP is the only medical professional that I has said this to me. He said that he thinks exercise is far more important than diet to weight loss. I thought this was a bit controversial, but according to all his anecdata, the people who actually manage to lose weight are the people that are training. I think if you train really hard, diet can follow. But even the benefit of exercise without a strict diet seem underrated. Edit: more thoughts Exercise is also easier than dieting. I find it much easier to do something than to not do it. Food access is a huge issue in many places, but you should be able to walk and do some basic training no matter where you are.

pwthornton 3y ago
Ideally, you would tackle both, but the benefits of exercise go beyond burning calories: 1) Exercise helps with hormone regulation, including testosterone 2) Exercise improves mood, focus, and sleep, all of which help with stress eating and mindless snacking 3) Exercise builds and maintains lean tissue mass, which increases your metabolism 4) Sufficient exercise has been shown to blunt appetite (300 minutes a week) Exercise puts you into place to be successful. People who train daily just get so many benefits. One thing I read said you can sort of outrun a poor diet with enough exercise (combo of resistance and cardio). But, again, doing both yields really good results.
- FigurativeVoid 3y ago
  Agreed in all parts.