Researchers Regular cycling can prevent type II diabetes

Ride a bicycle and reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder that many people suffer from. The disease is hereditary, overweight and lack of exercise increase the risk even more. But there seems to be an easy way to reduce the risk of developing the disease. Researchers have now found that cycling can lower the likelihood of Type 2 diabetes.

If you've been driving to work so far in the morning, perhaps you should rethink now. Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark found in an investigation that cycling could lower our risk for type 2 diabetes. The physicians published the results of their study in the journal "PLOS Medicine".

Cycling can be included in the daily routine of many people
Do you want to lower your risk for type 2 diabetes? Then just drive more bike. Cycling can be involved in everyday activities, which is why almost every person can incorporate this activity into their daily routine and benefit from the positive health effects, the researchers say. This also applies to the people who started cycling late in their lives. Even though people may not be able to do physical activity because of lack of time, they can, for example, ride their bikes to work, explains study leader Martin Rasmussen of the University of Southern Denmark. There is an added benefit to riding a bike to work. A commute by public transport or bicycle reduces our weight. And not nearly all people today do not want to lose a few pounds?

Cycling is healthy and helps us lose weight. Researchers now found that regular cycling also reduces our chances of developing type 2 diabetes. (Image: Monkey Business / fotolia.com)

The more you cycle, the lower the risk of type 2 diabetes
The current investigation involved more than 50,000 men and women. The researchers found that people who cycled regularly had a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The more the participants on the bike drove, the lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, add the physicians. By cycling, we also protect our bodies from dangerous secondary diseases, for example, the risk of fatal heart attacks in diabetes is greatly increased.

Regular cycling significantly reduces the risk of Type 2 diabetes
After a period of five years, the participants were re-examined. When test subjects regularly rode their bikes, their risk of developing type 2 diabetes decreased noticeably, say the experts. In their investigation, researchers also considered the possible effects of factors such as waist circumference, diet, alcohol intake and smoking. The new study found only a link between cycling and type 2 diabetes, but no cause-and-effect relationship, the authors explain.

Even older people benefit from the effects of cycling
The result of the study found that programs promoting cycling should be supported. The subjects in the study were middle-aged and older-aged women and men. It was particularly interesting to observe that even middle-aged and older people benefit from the benefits of cycling, explains Rasmussen.

It's never too late to start cycling
The study underlines the statement that even in old age it is never too late to start cycling. Programs should be promoted that reduce the likelihood of chronic disease by cycling, adds the study leader. (As)