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Diet & Exercise

7 Ketogenic Diet Enhances Exercise Response in High Blood Sugar Conditions

Researchers at Virginia Tech found that a ketogenic diet helped mice with high blood sugar normalize glucose levels and dramatically improved their muscular response to exercise, including increased oxygen utilization and endurance fiber development. The study suggests diet and exercise may work synergistically to improve metabolic health, particularly for those with elevated blood sugar.

  • Study published Feb. 25 in Nature Communications by Virginia Tech researchers led by Sarah Lessard
  • Mice on ketogenic diet normalized blood sugar within one week
  • High-fat ketogenic diet improved muscle oxygen uptake and aerobic exercise response
  • Ketogenic diet caused muscle remodeling, increasing slow-twitch oxidative fibers

Sources: ScienceDaily AI Web Searched