{"id":595515,"date":"2026-04-09T11:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/595515\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:08:08","slug":"how-30-minutes-of-daily-activity-can-lower-blood-sugar-and-reduce-medication-dependence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/595515\/","title":{"rendered":"How 30 minutes of daily activity can lower blood sugar and reduce medication dependence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: inherit; list-style: none; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; font-family: inherit; color: inherit; display: block;\">Walking is often underestimated. It improves circulation, helps muscles absorb glucose, and reduces stress. But doing only one activity can become boring.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Thomas points out, \u201cThe exercise can involve walking, jogging, cycling, swimming, or other physical activities that might benefit people with diabetes\u2026 By doing different exercises and not just walking, it will be easier to keep the motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mixing activities keeps both the body and mind engaged.<\/p>\n<p>A simple weekly mix could look like this:<br \/>\u200b<br \/>Brisk walking on most days<br \/>Cycling or swimming twice a week<br \/>Light strength training at home<\/p>\n<p>This variation helps prevent burnout and improves overall fitness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walking is often underestimated. It improves circulation, helps muscles absorb glucose, and reduces stress. But doing only one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[64,63,1835,290699,290701,290700,538,137,268914,203719],"class_list":{"0":"post-595515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-diabetes","11":"tag-diabetes-and-workout","12":"tag-diabetes-health","13":"tag-exercise-and-diabetes","14":"tag-fitness","15":"tag-health","16":"tag-healthy-people","17":"tag-indian-council-of-medical-research"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}