Haraguchi-typed gymnastic exercise program have been performed in obese and diabetic patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate acute metabolic and hormonal effects of this program of gymnastic exercise in eight healthy subjects. Blood glucose, free fatty acid, ketone bodies, insulin, glucagon, and catecholamines were measured just before, at the end of, and 30 minutes after the cessation of the exercise. Walking exercise was performd by treadmill in the same subjects as control exercise program.
　The decrement of insulin, and the increments of free fatty acid, keton bodies, catecholamines in gymnastic exercise were less than those in walking exercise.
　These results suggest that the activation of adrenergic nervous system by Haraguchi-typed gymnastic exercise may differ from the activation of that by walking exercise. It is concluded that Haraguchi -typed gymnastic exercise may be useful even in aged people or diabetic patients with various complications.

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