More on How Diabetics Can Boost Their Metabolism

Having an efficiently burning metabolism is essential for everyone, but especially for people who have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. It is undoubtedly crucial to understand how to make that happen.

Here is showing you how to boost your metabolism:

1. Get moving 
Despite what might sound like it would be somewhat counterproductive, one of the best steps you can take is to include regular exercise in your lifestyle plan. You might think burning off calories would only drop your blood sugar unnecessarily. The exact opposite effect takes place: it burns more body fat. The better trained your muscles, the better they burn fat. And if its abdominal or belly fat you are losing, you will also become more insulin sensitive.

2. Build more lean muscle 
Another benefit of exercise that affects your metabolism is that it builds muscle. Muscle gives us more energy, which also allows us to burn more fat. Plus, muscle burns fat more efficiently. One pound of muscle burns approximately 35 calories an hour: fat, on the other hand, only burns 5. Even if you are not interested in building more muscle, that's still okay.

You can maximize your efforts by making sure to maintain the amount of muscle you already have. Toning up your existing muscles goes a long way in helping to balance your blood sugar levels, and also providing added protection against broken bones and osteoporosis.

3. Eat low-fat protein 
Since muscles are necessary for burning fat and helping to keep your body's fire running more efficiently, it is also advisable for you to eat food that can make all of this possible. This means you need to eat protein. But not just any protein: protein low in fat. Taking in too much fat or too many calories to justify having more protein, is doing more harm than good.

How much protein is enough? A good rule of thumb is to multiply 0.8 grams of protein for every kilogram of body weight (1 kilogram equals 2.2 pounds). This gives you a close estimate of how much protein you should be consuming, without overdoing it.

4. Challenge yourself
Exercise is beneficial, but as your body becomes conditioned, it needs more of a challenge to gain the maximum benefit you are looking to receive. If you don't push yourself, things will become more comfortable, you won't see the improvements you want and deserve, and you are very likely to become discouraged. And we all know what happens when we become discouraged with exercise.