A new medical review suggests that interrupting long periods of sitting with simple foot-and-calf exercises may help lower post-meal blood sugar and improve circulation, offering a potentially easy way to prevent and manage diabetes. Soleus push-ups involve sitting with the knees bent, keeping the toes on the floor, and repeatedly lifting and lowering the heels to activate the calf muscles. The research review was published in the journal Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews. “This helps lower blood sugar.”The review described the resistance and stretching exercises as low-cost, easy-to-adopt ways to help prevent or manage diabetes, particularly because some of them can be done while sitting. “Larger and longer studies are needed to confirm long-term gains on diabetes and how they translate into benefits for heart health,” Misra said.

Source: The Telegraph February 13, 2026 06:51 UTC