Beef up your muscles, reduce your diabetes risk Date: 07/28/2011 Contact: Enrique Rivero (Video of Dr. Preethi Srikanthan discussing her findings is available upon request.) More muscle mass — and not just less body fat — is critical to lowering your risk for type 2 diabetes, a new UCLA study suggests. Reporting in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,..