Treatment • Lifestyle Tips • Diabetes Prevention
Start by measuring the circumference of your wrist with a tape measure to find out your body frame. If you do not have a measuring tape handy you can measure with your fingers. Wrap your thumb and middle finger around your wrist on the opposite hand to try touch the two.
If you have pre-diabetes you may be sensitive to gluten, have wheat intolerance, or even Celiac disease. Gluten is in all flours containing wheat and will be the main ingredient in most restaurant and commercial pizza crusts. If you feel bloated after eating pizza it may be the gluten in the crust.
From stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline, to ketosis, dehydration, sodium, and citric acid; here are 5 ways diet soda could be stalling your diet or even causing you to gain weight.
One of the reasons why lifestyle changes often work even better than drugs is that there are minute-to-minute changes in how much blood sugar your body needs to produce . . . if you just take a medication once or twice or even 3 or 4 times a day, it doesn’t give you that same fine-tuning that your own pancreas can do.
Julie Husmann, MSM, RD, CDE, Holland Hospital Center for Good Health discusses the influence of weight on blood sugar, the effect of physical activity on blood sugar and weight control, and how to incorporate physical activity into even the busiest of lifestyles. The benefits of enjoying an abundance of healthy, whole foods for blood sugar control is also addressed. Learn about the rewards reaped from small lifestyle changes!
Chef Janet K (Gluten-Free Chef) shows how to make the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies you will ever have! She also discusses gluten-free flour in this video.
Chef Janet K (Gluten-Free Chef) teaches us how to make the best Fajitas you will ever have! Many people with type 1, type 2, and pre-diabetes have an intolerance to gluten or Celiac disease. Chef Janet is a professional chef who has devoted her cooking business to helping those who cannot or do not want to eat gluten eat healthy without feeling like they have given up “good” food.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reuters Health reported on the study that showed the men under several different sleep scenarios, including curtailed sleep, no sleep, and normal sleep over several days. Study measures included changes in how much the study participates ate, their blood sugar, hormone levels and indicators of their metabolic rate like oxygen use. If you are trying to lose weight, the study results are sobering.
The USDA MyPlate daily nutritional guidelines for the number of servings of dairy products we need each day depend on the age of the person. In general, kids 9 years and older up through adults need 3 cups of dairy per day.
In general, 1 cup of milk, yogurt, or soymilk (soy beverage), 1 ½ ounces of natural cheese, or 2 ounces of processed cheese can be considered as 1 cup from the Dairy Group. Under the USDA’s guidelines, eggs are part of the protein group and butter is not considered a dairy product. This chart shows recommended daily milk, cheese, and yogurt servings.
