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Diet & Exercise

7 Ketogenic Diet Improves Exercise Benefits in High Blood Sugar, Study Shows

A Virginia Tech study found that a ketogenic diet helped mice with high blood sugar normalize glucose levels and dramatically improved their muscular response to exercise, increasing oxygen utilization and endurance fiber development. The findings suggest diet and exercise may work synergistically to improve metabolic health in people with elevated blood sugar.

  • Mice on a ketogenic diet normalized blood sugar within one week, matching non-diabetic levels
  • Ketogenic diet caused muscle remodeling, increasing oxidative capacity and aerobic exercise response
  • Study published February 25 in Nature Communications by Virginia Tech researchers led by Sarah Lessard
  • High blood sugar normally blocks exercise's oxygen-uptake benefits; ketogenic diet restored this adaptation

Sources: Virginia Tech / ScienceDaily AI Web Searched