Whole-Body Vibration May Help Control Diabetes, Mouse Study Suggests.

investigators “found that mice with diabetes and obesity had similar improvements in muscle mass and insulin sensitivity over 12 weeks when they were assigned to either 45 minutes of daily treadmill walking or 20 minutes of daily whole-body vibration.” Voice of America (3/15, Berman) reports that for the study, “a cage containing both normal and specially bred obese, diabetic mice was placed on a gently vibrating platform for 20 minutes per day for 12 weeks.” A separate “group of rodents – both diabetic and healthy mice – was trained to run on a treadmill for 45 minutes a day for the same period of time.” Meanwhile, “a third group of diabetic and healthy mice remained sedentary.” Science Magazine (3/15, Leslie) reports the investigators “found that exercise and whole-body vibration provided comparable health benefits.” While “all three groups of mice gained weight during the study...those in the exercising and shaken groups put on slightly less than the indolent rodents.” Additionally, “they...had less fat and thicker leg muscles.” https://mail.google.com/_/scs/mail-static/_/js/k=gmail.main.en.LoKcM2ZLOQc.O/m=m_i,pdt,t,it/am=tjiHkf_3_WEcM1CWmmCY_T8_Oan4YM_3_r_uHyCOCn4G_pv9P-D_AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABb1HAB/rt=h/d=1/rs=AHGWq9ADsgRcNrxCLsI-b_S_Cww5Ej72mw