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In sedentary adults with prediabetes, walking more than 10,000 steps daily for 12 weeks leads to a 42.3% improvement in how effectively the body uses insulin to regulate blood sugar, without altering levels of mitochondrial proteins in skeletal muscle.
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High-intensity interval training improves insulin sensitivity in individuals with prediabetes.
Randomized Controlled Trial
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2025 Mar 27The study found that people with prediabetes who walked more than 10,000 steps a day for 12 weeks became much better at using insulin to control blood sugar — exactly as the claim says — even though their muscle mitochondria didn’t change.
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