Treatment • Lifestyle Tips • Diabetes Prevention
Middle school-aged boys that participate on a sports team appear to have a reduced risk of obesity; girls of the same age who also participate in team sports do not appear to have any reduced risk. However, the same study indicated that girls who drank milk had greater protection against obesity than girls who did not drink milk.
Only a few lifestyle choices have as large an impact on your health as physical activity. People who are physically active for about 7 hours a week have a 40 percent lower risk of dying early than those who are active for less than 30 minutes a week.
Looking to get to or stay at a healthy weight? Both diet and physical activity play a critical role in controlling your weight. You gain weight when the calories you burn, including those burned during physical activity, are less than the calories you eat or drink.
Exercise can reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic problems, and decreases risk of colon,lung, endometrial, and breast cancers.
Most adults need at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity at least five days per week. Examples include walking briskly, mowing the lawn, dancing, swimming for recreation or bicycling. Stretching and weight training can also strengthen your body and improve your fitness level.
In addition to burning calories and shedding a few pounds from riding you can also lose plenty from just working around horses and helping care for them. There are lots of things to do when it comes to caring for horses that do not involve riding. Horses are great therapy for someone dealing with pre-diabetes or any serious medical condition because they can bring an overall balance in a person’s life and also have a positive effect on demeanor. They have a way of teaching us responsibility that makes responsibility fun; they trust and teach us to trust, and for riders they will teach you humbleness and humility. That definitely has a positive effect on a person for sure.
Video by Dr Rajiv Kovil a diabetologist and founder of the Diabetes care center. He talks to us about diabetes and how you can treat it. He also tells us about the possible symptoms of the condition and what you can do about it.
You are working hard to drop your weight. You are following your diet, exercising, and yet the scale is not showing any new losses. Family, friends, even your own doctor might blame you and ask if you have been cheating. Or, tell you to just be patient when it is not about patience as much as it is the fear of and doubt that you ever meet your goal. Here are tips to help troubleshoot your low carb diet habits and get back to losing weight.
Having to repeat finger sticks because of human error (i.e., dirty hands) or meter failure due to a poor blood sample can be avoided by taking certain precautions. Here are tips to get it right the first, with less pain and hassle.
Whether they’re on their lunch break or in our drive-thru line, customers looking for nutrition guidance can use our mobile app to easily customize meals that are right for them. The nutrition information section on Wendy’s website is the most visited area, especially before meal time. Like the website, this app gives customers the information they need to make good meal choices.
The National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) will save both lives and money only if it is expanded to communities around the country. However, the Prevention Fund is still being threatened. Members of the House of Representatives will vote again this week on whether to fully repeal this vital fund, gutting efforts to improve our nation’s health. Here is how you can help.
According to The International Diabetes Federation the number of people with diabetes is 366 million people, and the majority of those have type 2 diabetes. Unlike type 1 diabetes which onsets rapidly, usually over days or only a few weeks. type 2 diabetes does not occur overnight; it often takes many years to advance from pre-diabetes to full blown type 2 diabetes.
If you are eating a lot of artificial or prepared low carb foods and snacks, you may be eating more carbohydrates than you think. Here is the skinny on net carbs, what they are, and why you need to count more than just the net carbs if you want to get the best results from your low carb diet.
Following a low carb diet can lead some dieters into calorie restriction, especially over time. This may sound contrary to the popular misconception that you can eat all the fat and protein you want and not gain weight and that people on low carbohydrate diets eat enormous amounts of calories.
Important tips to help you get the most accurate reading from your home blood glucose meter. From meter accuracy, to preparation to finger stick tips, follow these steps and you will get the best reading possible from your meter. Also, tips on testing on the forearm and other alternative sites.
HYPOGLYCEMIA is when blood glucose levels are too low to be healthy or safe for the body. Hypoglycemia occurs when not enough glucose is in the blood stream. When a person has high blood glucose levels it means that their cells, tissues, and organs (including the brain) are not getting the right amount of glucose energy. Excess glucose in the blood stream excreted in urine, or, depending on medications, exercise level, and if a person produces at least some insulin on their own, may be eventually transported to cells.
The glycemic effect of foods depends on a number of factors such as the type of starch, fat content of the food and increased acidity of the meal – adding vinegar, cheese, or peanut butter, for example, will lower the GI. A low GI food will release energy slowly and steadily and is appropriate for dieters and endurance athletes. A high GI food will provide a rapid rise in blood sugar levels and is suitable for post-endurance exercise energy recovery.
According to a newsletter published by the American Diabetes Association (DiabetesPro SmartBrief), “Nearly 31% of people ages 45 to 64 were obese last year despite an overall reduction in obesity rates between 2010 and 2011, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. Researchers also noted that 41% of middle-aged blacks and 34.5% of middle-aged Hispanics were obese.”
Getting an accurate blood sugar (blood glucose) reading is important. The information from your meter can tell you if you are too low (hypoglycemia) and need to eat, or too high (hyperglycemia) and need to call your doctor.
Here are seven tips to help you get the most accurate readings possible with a home diabetes blood glucose test kit.
New to testing your blood sugar for pre-diabetes? Here is a list of words relating to blood glucose testing to help you get started.
Has your doctor told you to monitor your blood glucose? Relax, it’s easy. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to test your blood sugar (blood glucose).
