Nutrition & Exercise
New Guidelines Acknowledging Low-Carb for Diabetes
01/15/08
Nutrition & Exercise
New Advice for Doctors About Low-fat, Low-carb Diets For Short-term Weight Loss
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently issued its annual clinical practice recommendations to help health care providers treat people with diabetes using the most current evidence available. These guidelines address medication, insulin use, nutrition, exercise, and other aspects of managing diabetes.
This year the recommendations recognize the increasing evidence that low-carbohydrate or low-fat weight loss plans are equally effective for reducing weight in the short term (up to one year). Until now, the ADA did not recommend low-carbohydrate diets because of lack of scientific evidence supporting their safety and effectiveness.
More Benefits of Weights for Diabetes
01/07/08
Nutrition & Exercise
Weight lifting is an amazing exercise for people with diabetes. If you participate in weight lifting or other resistance exercises, you are gaining benefits beyond blood glucose reduction.
Managing Cholesterol Naturally - Diabetes & Nutrition
12/13/07
Nutrition & Exercise
When cholesterol readings come back less than desirable, there are a few natural ways to lower cholesterol levels. Several foods have been shown to have a healthy impact on cholesterol. Physical activity can also aid in cholesterol management. Finally, lifestyle adjustments, like quitting smoking and monitoring alcohol intake, can also impact cholesterol and overall heart health. These tactics can also help healthy diabetics stay healthy.
Heart Fitness Benefits Health More Than Weight Loss
12/11/07
Nutrition & Exercise
Many people with type 2 diabetes are overweight. It is often assumed that being overweight is a huge health hazard. However, there is strong evidence that overweight people who exercise to keep their heart fit can be quite healthy. On the other hand, a slim person who neglects exercise runs a significant risk of encountering health problems or dying.
Diabetes Benefits from Resistance Training Exercise
12/07/07
Nutrition & Exercise
The most effective new tool in the battle against diabetes does not come out of a laboratory, hospital, or pharmacy. The latest diabetes treatment advance actually comes from the days of middle school gym classes.
When the physical education teacher paced you through push-ups and sit-ups you were sharpening your glucose circulation system. Insulin was called into action to replenish the energy reserves used in those calisthenics. This frequent cycling of glucose stores in your muscles kept insulin sensitivity high in your teenage body.
Consuming High Glycemic Carbs Yields Diabetes
11/27/07
Nutrition & Exercise
Eating foods high on the glycemic index—foods your body quickly converts to sugar—may be associated with the risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
You Do Not Need the Gym to Be Fit
10/31/07
Nutrition & Exercise
Brisk walking plus some resistance exercises can help manage blood sugar, lipids, and blood pressure as well as working out at a gym.
Discipline of a Diabetic Pastry Chef
10/30/07
Nutrition & Exercise
Diabetics should avoid desserts, but one makes his career out of the sweet treats.
A story about a pastry chef with type 1 diabetes describes how he is able to be balance his occupation with his health needs. In a world of sugar, other carbohydrates, and fat, he uses quite a bit of restraint. If you struggle to limit the tasty treats that harm blood sugar control, perhaps you can glean some inspiration from Chef Shannon Swindle.
Healthy Restaurant Eating for Diabetics
10/16/07
Nutrition & Exercise
By Matt Nilsen
When you eat at home control the ingredients of your meals. Even if you eat a meal that mostly comes from a box, can, or bag, you can read the nutritional information to guide your decision. When you are at a restaurant you have to guess more about nutrition.
The Rotary Club of Santa Monica, created a Web site called Helpguide.org to "empower you and your loved ones to understand, prevent, and resolve health challenges." Their Web entry, Healthy Fast Food: Healthy Restaurant Eating offers some sound advice for making better choices when dinning out.
Battling Third Cause of Type 2 Diabetes
09/13/07
Prediabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Type II Diabetes, Nutrition & Exercise, Living Well, Treatment Options, Prevention, General
Since the scientific identified a third cause of type 2 diabetes, we have to ask the question, how do we battle it? It may be too early for answers, but it is a great time to ask .
Diabetes is a problem that arises when one or both of the following conditions occur:
- A person's body cannot make enough insulin.
- A person's body is not able to use the insulin it produces to process blood sugar