A recent study has shown that a combination of resistance training and cardiovascular exercise is the most effective way of beating type 2 diabetes.

Researchers at the University of Calgary, in Canada found that the combination regime appeared to be more effective at controlling blood sugar levels than cardio or weight training exercise alone. Lead researcher and associate professor of medicine and cardiac sciences at the university, Dr Ronald Sigal, said the findings were interesting because ‘most other studies have looked at just one kind of exercise, either aerobic or resistance’.

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