by didi » Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:37 am
Wow, Geoffrey, ONE HUNDRED slow body squats. Sounds great. I am going to try this as soon as I can find an ambulance to stand by.
Actually, strength training does lower my blood sugars in a lot less time and more predictably than a long walk.
My daughter once took apart a very very large and heavy desk and while she was at work I carried the parts down a flight of stairs and lifted them into the dumpster. It took at least ten trips carrying the heavy pieces down then walking upstairs to get another piece. When I was done I took a blood sugar reading and it was 65. While a starch based diet is healthful, traditional societies who eat this way also worked very hard several hours a day so it is not surprising that eating starches did not produce a society with diabetes. The thought has occurred to me that this higher glycemic way of eating might not be the best if one is a sedentary couch potato and perhaps fuhrman's leafy green vegetable and fruit diet might better suit a very inactive person (who would have to extend a bit of energy shopping for fresh vegetables.) And meat and fat isn't the answer either. This is why I tend to eat more of a MWL type of diet.
Didi