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Diet & Exercise

7 High-Fat Ketogenic Diet Improves Exercise Response in High Blood Sugar, Study Shows

Researchers at Virginia Tech found that a ketogenic diet helped mice with high blood sugar normalize glucose levels and dramatically improved their muscles' response to exercise, enabling better oxygen uptake and endurance. The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest diet and exercise may work synergistically to improve metabolic health in ways previously unexpected.

  • Study published Feb. 25 in Nature Communications by Virginia Tech researcher Sarah Lessard
  • Mice on ketogenic diet normalized blood sugar within one week
  • High-fat diet caused muscle remodeling, increasing oxidative capacity and aerobic exercise response
  • Ketogenic diet switches metabolism from sugar to fat burning, contrasting traditional low-fat recommendations

Sources: ScienceDaily AI Web Searched