Individuals over the age of 30 are being urged to exercise as a way of avoiding a health condition associated with type 2 diabetes.
Over on YouTube Shorts, @DoctorMyro reposted a clip featuring a lady recently diagnosed as pre-diabetic despite being in decent shape.
"I'm pretty thin, see this?" began her warning as she posed sideways. She then goes on to say that it 'doesn't doesn't matter what your body shape looks like' as when you are older than thirty, 'your body is going to have a hard time processing sugar' if you don't have muscle mass.
Inserting himself into the video, the medical professional proceeded to break down the science with the help of background charts.
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"Alright, so this is what happens to your muscle after age 30. It's all downhill from here," he told viewers.
According to the doctor, our muscles are 'responsible for insulin sensitivity', and in particular skeletal muscle is 'responsible for 80% of metabolism of glucose' due to its role as the 'biggest organ of the body'.
"The whole path of physiology of diabetes is insulin resistance, and when you exercise, if you use that muscle you actually make your body more sensitive to insulin - this is exactly the mechanism by which exercise reverses pre-diabetes and even early stages of diabetes." he continues to say.
In short, over 30's must ensure they keep up with regular physical exercise if they want to maintain a healthy muscle mass and therefore beat a condition that lies in wait called sarcopenia.
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According to Cleveland Clinic, sarcopenia is a condition resulting in the loss of muscle mass as a result of the natural aging process, with symptoms ranging from loss of stamina, poor balance and decrease in muscle size.
In a 'narrative review' conducted on 'The Impact of Dysmetabolic Sarcopenia Among Insulin Sensitive Tissues', which ties to @DoctorMyro's muscle mass loss explanation, as endocrinologists collectively wrote: "Despite the multifactorial origin of sarcopenia, ranging from ageing to chronic systemic inflammation, the onset of SM (skeletal muscle) alterations in the setting of MetS (metabolic syndrome) requires unique considerations.
"Obesity as a result of unhealthy lifestyle, drives the systemic expressions of IR (insulin resistance). In turn, metabolic imbalance in insulin sensitive tissues, mainly liver, SM and hypothalamus-hypophysis axis, contributes to the energetic homeostasis disruption and worsens systemic insulin sensitivity."
The Cleveland Clinic adds that lifestyle changes are usually suggested to help slow down the progression of sarcopenia, like eating healthier foods, doing exercise that involves resistance training, and seeing your GP for checkups.
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In a similar insight, Dr. Pradip Jamnadas recently revealed there's a bodily feature that could indicate a condition that puts you at higher risk of diabetes or obesity, called hyperinsulinemia.
Cleveland Clinic noted: "The two main factors that seem to contribute to insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia are excess body fat, especially around your belly, and a lack of physical activity", while Jamnadas added that a low high-density lipoprotein (HDL), also known as the 'good cholesterol' as well as a high triglyceride can indicate having the condition.
Topics: Health, Food And Drink, Science
Dan Seddon