Nearly 12% of the U.S. population has diabetes, and 38% of the population has prediabetes, a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough yet to be classified as type 2 diabetes.
Poor blood sugar management raises the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, making it important for everyone to do their best to control their blood glucose levels. Now, an award-winning cookbook author says she has a hack for managing her blood sugar: She goes on daily “fart walks.”
Mairlyn Smith, who is the author of the book Peace, Love & Fibre, shared in a now-viral Instagram video that she and her husband go for “fart walks” most nights after dinner about an hour after they’ve eaten. “We eat a lot of fiber, so we have gas, and you fart when you walk,” she says in the video. But Smith says that walking for as little as two minutes can help to lower your risk of …