This randomized controlled study recently published in the journal Diabetes Care (the journal of the American Diabetes Association) nicely validates the recommendation of qigong exercises as a treatment adjunct for type 2 diabetes. The investigators used fasting glucose, insulin, hemoglobin A1C and calculated insulin resistance as metrics to determine efficacy. Their conclusion: “Qigong therapy for 12 weeks resulted in significant reductions in fasting glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes and demonstrated trends toward improvement in insulin resistance and A1C. These results suggest that Qigong may be an effective complementary therapy for individuals with type 2 diabetes.”

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