12-Weeks Aquatic Exercise, Consumption of Pumpkin and Probiotic Yogurt, in Women with Type 2 Diabetes

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of 12 weeks of aquatic exercise and consumption of pumpkin and probiotic yogurt and insulin resistance index in women with type 2 diabetes. The current study is a quasi-experimental study in which 32 women with type 2 diabetes were selected using convenience and purposive sampling and hence assigned randomly to one of the four experimental groups: the 12-week aquatic exercise group (8 people), pumpkin and probiotic consumption group (8 people), the 12-weeks aquatic exercise + pumpkin and probiotic consumption group (8 people), and the control group (8 people)., glucose, insulin resistance, were measured as dependent variables in the pre-test and post-test for all participants. The training routine took 12 weeks to complete.

Three training sessions per week were administered for the first month, which increased to 4 sessions per week for the second month and 5 sessions per week for the third month. Each training session was devised to take 45 minutes. Analysis of covariance was used to compare the mean of dependent variables. Also, all statistical calculations were performed using Excel and SPSS v. 25. The results showed that aerobic exercise along with consumption of pumpkin and probiotic yogurt leads to a significant decrease in fasting glucose. According to the results of the present study, consumption of pumpkin and probiotic yogurt along with water-based exercises can have a positive effect on fatty liver markers and insulin resistance index in women with type 2 diabetes.