sandybrown2 months ago

Thank you for this post.

StillConcerned2 months ago

What conflict of interests did they declare? It's appalling how organisations try to maintain the status quo that has led to so many getting diabetes over decades, then encouraging them to continue with a chronic decline in health.

The point is diabetes does not occur overnight, and will not go away (especially overnight) unless something significantly different is done. That means lowering insulin and glucose levels, primarily by changing staples of what one eats and when. Modern eating doesn't just require little changes; it is a mile away from what is ideal, that's why the incidence of chronic ill health continues to escalate.

I doubt very much that contracting the calves will have the impact claimed, and even if it makes some difference, is likely to result in muscle-cramps/overtraining and the need for recovery.

StillConcerned in reply to StillConcerned2 months ago

It actually says blood glucose and fats. Any activity that is sustainable for hours necessitates the presence of oxygen, facilitating the burning of fat. When fat is being burned, the ratio of blood glucose utilised will go right down.

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DRH-sangliStar in reply to StillConcerned2 months ago

It is claimed that , Targeting a small oxidative muscle mass (∼1% body mass) with local contractile activity is a potent method for improving systemic metabolic regulation while prolonging the benefits of oxidative metabolism.I thinks, it may be first time, that such an effort has been tried. If by mere muscle contractions there is reduction in blood glucose and fats, it could be worth trying.

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surtal2 months ago

Dear Mr Sangli,

I would like to know how long this calves muscles exercise has to be done? Has anyone tried & got the results ?

DRH-sangliStar2 months ago

one can aim to make a daily habit of making this exercise for 30 minutes in a day when ever you are comfortable and sitting in a chair doing some work..

See this link…

prideplus.com.au/are-calf-p...

Hidden1 month ago

I was very excited to read and try this a few months ago when the news article came out. But I'm sorry to report I did NOT notice my blood glucose readings lowering after doing this exercise. And I wear a FreeStyle Libre CGM, so my glucose readings were consistent and frequent. This leads me to think there are other factors involved that the researchers did not consider or take into account, such as age, weight, current illnesses, etc.

If anyone else tries this and has good results I encourage you to post with your experience.