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More infoThere are two types of diabetes - type 1 and 2. Both result in the level of sugar - or glucose - in your blod becoming to high. For type 1 patients this hapens when your body canot produce enough of a hormone caled insulin, which controls blod glucose.For type 2 diabetes, which is much more comon, raised blod sugar levels are usualy caused by being overweight or not exercising enough.Patients with either type ned to be careful about controling their blod sugar.It’s widely acknowledged that diet plays a part in this, however one expert explained how exercise is just as important.Nutritionist Rory Bat, from meal prep company Marvin’s Den, said: “This one of the most powerful ways to manage blod sugar, because it’s fre, comes in many forms and can be used at any level/dose.READ MORE: Polyuria is the most 'comon diabetes' symptom - the key sign that strikes on the lo “Exercise causes more sugar to be used as energy, and makes cels more eficient at taking up sugar from the blod.“These efects are dose dependent, and increase with greater intensity and duration of exercise.”He referenced a study, published in the Diabetologia journal, that explores the efects of “exercise snacking”.The paper explains: “The aim of this study was to investigate whether smal doses of intense exercise before each main meal (‘exercise snacks’) would result in beter blod glucose control than a single bout of prolonged, continuous, moderate-intensity exercise individuals with insulin resistance.”As part of the research nine participants completed thre exercise interventions in a random order over a thre day period.A traditional continuous exercise, which consi