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Vigorous workouts of as little as 30 seconds each can go a long way to reducing health risks from diabetes. The weekly amount of exercise should total seven minutes. Exercising 2 days each week, 4 times each day, 30 seconds per session, a group of out-of-shape but otherwise healthy individuals showed a 23 percent improvement in how effectively their bodies used insulin to clear blood sugar from the blood stream. The tests were conducted by James Timmons, an exercise biologist at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. While health is improved and other benefits are gained from more exercise, just seven minutes could make a difference for a great many people who are at risk for developing diabetes.  According to British researchers, just seven minutes of exercise weekly may prevent diabetes by controlling your blood sugar. Type 2 diabetes affects an estimated 246 million adults worldwide and accounts for 6 percent of all global deaths. People with this condition gradually lose the ability to use insulin to convert food to energy.
Here's the catch: The exercise has to be vigorous.
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