Increase health benefits of exercise by working out before breakfast – new research.

[2greys]

Exercising before eating breakfast improves how the body responds to insulin and lowers people’s risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

According to a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism health scientists at the universities of Bath and Birmingham found that by changing the timing of when you eat and exercise, people can better control their blood sugar levels.

The six-week study, which involved thirty men classified as obese or overweight and compared results from two intervention groups (who ate breakfast before / after exercise) and a control group (who made no lifestyle changes), found that people who performed exercise before breakfast burned double the amount of fat than the group who exercised after breakfast.

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[watergazer]

Very interesting. May try that though it’s not been studied on females. I used to walk my dog -when I was working- before I ate breakfast Didn’t have diabetic leanings then however I wasn’t on the inhalers and steroids too. Hope you are still taking it easy Don’t want the dreaded pneumonia to take hold again 2greys x

[2greys in reply to watergazer]

I have already decided to take it easy and not work this week. A holiday to get over the holiday, so to speak. For the first time I am experiencing COPD (or pneumonia) fatigue and feel very lazy. But I'm a Tigger and do what Tiggers do best, bounce (back)

[Izb1]

The only exercise I can do before breakfast nowadays is to get up and make a cup of tea lol x