For people with uncomplicated type 2 diabetes, sufficient oxygen in their muscles is linked to better energy recovery after exercise.

Extra oxygen helps obese adults with type 2 diabetes produce muscle energy more quickly after exercise, as measured by oxidative phosphorylation rates.

After doing supervised aerobic exercise like walking or cycling for 12 weeks, obese adults with type 2 diabetes get better at using oxygen to make energy in their muscles—especially through one key energy pathway—and might also improve a couple of other related energy systems.

Higher blood sugar levels in obese adults with type 2 diabetes are linked to how well their muscles produce energy during exercise recovery.

Obese adults with type 2 diabetes have slower muscle energy production rates after exercise compared to those without diabetes, as measured by oxidative phosphorylation.

Diabetic rats had weaker heart mitochondria energy production, but MOTS-c treatment helped improve it back to normal levels.