Tuning Out Is Healthy
Can't miss your favorite TV shows, even for a day? Hide the remote.
Less time clutching your clicker could mean less risk of type 2 diabetes. Here's how too much TV trashes your blood sugar levels.
Blood Sugar Booster
Seems that watching television affects the glucose in your blood -- and not in a good way. More tube time may mean higher blood glucose levels, particularly for women. Over time, that could set the stage for type 2 diabetes, where chronically high blood sugar levels can damage your eyes, heart, kidneys, and other organs.
Got 20 Minutes?
An effective way to control blood sugar? Get yourself off the couch and into the gym. Or stay right at home and try this easy, breezy RealAge workout -- it only takes 20 minutes!
RealAge Benefit:
Reducing your risk of diabetes by losing excess weight can make your RealAge half a year younger for each year you have tight control of blood sugar and blood pressure.
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Association of television viewing with fasting and 2-h postchallenge plasma glucose levels in adults without diagnosed diabetes. Dunstan, D. W., Salmon, J., Healy, G. N., Shaw, J. E., Jolley, D., Zimmet, P. Z., Owen, N., AusDiab Steering Committee, Diabetes Care 2007 Mar;30(3):516-522.
