The Claim

Progressive resistance training with bioDensity™ significantly increases HDL cholesterol, reduces LDL cholesterol, and lowers total cholesterol in elderly Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes after six months, independent of overall HbA1c changes.

Source: The impact on glycemic control through progressive resistance training with bioDensityTM in Chinese elderly patients with type 2 diabetes: The PReTTy2 (Progressive Resistance Training in Type 2 Diabetes) Trial.

What the research says

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Cause and effect
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In plain English

In elderly Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes, six months of progressive resistance training with bioDensity™ raises HDL cholesterol, lowers LDL cholesterol, and reduces total cholesterol, regardless of changes in HbA1c levels.

See the scientific wording

Progressive resistance training with bioDensity™ significantly increases HDL cholesterol, reduces LDL cholesterol, and lowers total cholesterol in elderly Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes after six months, independent of overall HbA1c changes.

Why this might work

Strength training makes muscles take up more fat from the blood, which signals the liver to change how it packages cholesterol, leading to more good cholesterol in circulation and less bad cholesterol.

Suggested mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: The impact on glycemic control through progressive resistance training with bioDensityTM in Chinese elderly patients with type 2 diabetes: The PReTTy2 (Progressive Resistance Training in Type 2 Diabetes) Trial.

    This study found that elderly Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes who did a special strength training program with bioDensity™ ended up with more good cholesterol and less bad cholesterol after six months—even if their blood sugar didn’t change much. So yes, the training helped their cholesterol levels.

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