Exercise Can Help Reduce Liver Fat Levels

A study from Johns Hopkins shows that although high liver fat levels are common among people with type 2 diabetes, the condition can be turned around with exercise.

77 men and women who had diabetes participated in the study. Half of the participants exercised three times a week for 45 minutes each time. The other half did not. The half who exercised had lower levels of fat in their livers than the ones who didn't.

Says Kerry Stewart Ed.D., exercise physiologist, professor of medicine and director of clinical and research exercise physiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Heart and Vascular Institute, “People with type 2 diabetes have added reason to be active and to exercise, not just because it is good for their overall health, but also because our study results pinpoint a key benefit to trimming the fatty liver that complicates their illness and which could accelerate heart disease and liver failure,”

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• People with Type 2 Diabetes can put Fatty Livers on a Diet with Moderate Exercise