In the authors' words
“Both acute resistance exercise and DHEA administration improved glucose tolerance, but no addictive effect was found.”
What was measured
- Blood sugar and insulin Reported an improvement
- Cholesterol and lipids Mixed results
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Midlife women, other condition
- How many
- 20
- Exercise
- Resistance training, Exercise with supplements
- Cited
- 12 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 15973964
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