October 2011
Try the Smart New Way to Help Manage Your Hunger
Are you trying to lose weight while you manage your diabetes? It can be a challenge. Find out how Glucerna? Hunger Smart Snack Bars and Shakes, both an excellent source of protein, can help you curb your hunger the smart way.
October 2011
Glucerna®: When You Don't Have Time to Focus on You
Eat right and get the right kinds of carbs every day when you make Glucerna products part of your meal plan. The slowly digestible carbs in each Glucerna product help you manage your diabetes by helping minimize your blood sugar spikes. Find out how you can find balance with Glucerna.
October 2011
How to Prepare for Your Workout
Warming up prepares your body for your workout and delivers nutrient-rich blood to the areas about to be exercised. It also warms the muscles and lubricates the joints. By warming up, you not only improve your performance, but you also reduce your risk of injury.
Follow these simple warm-up steps:
- Start your workout session by doing a light form of exercise, such as walking, for about five to 10 minutes.
- Then stretch the major muscle groups, including your thighs, buttocks, back, chest, and shoulders.
Cool Down
After your workout spend another five to 10 minutes cooling down to lower your heart rate...
October 2011
Weight Loss and Diabetes
Losing weight is not always easy, but understanding how critical it can be to both preventing and controlling type 2 diabetes is a step in the right direction. Here are some essential facts to get you started. Remember: Slow and steady wins the race.
Losing Excess Weight Can Improve Blood Sugar Control
People who carry excess body weight have extra fatty tissue. This fatty tissue produces substances that are thought to interfere with the body's ability to control blood sugar levels. This can contribute to insulin resistance, the condition in which the body must produce higher-than-normal levels of insulin to move sugar out of the bloodstream and into cells...
October 2011
How to Reach Your Goals
It always seems easier to set goals than to stick with them. Everyone slips up now and then, but don't let short-term setbacks distract you from long-term success. You can put a few simple strategies in place to make sure little lapses don't keep you from achieving your goals.
Step 1: Identify Your High-Risk Situations
The first step to staying on track is to be proactive and prepared. Make a list of the situations in which you find it hard to keep from sliding back into your old habits. Under what circumstances do you tend to make less healthy food choices, skip meals, or avoid exercise? Being aware of these triggers is the key to managing them successfully...
October 2011
How Exercise Improves Blood Sugar
For people with type 2 diabetes, exercise is an essential part of their treatment plan. Exercise helps make the body more sensitive to the action of insulin. Additionally, for people who do not have diabetes, regular exercise is thought to help reduce the risk of its occurrence.
Let's take a look at some of the things that happen after exercise that improve the body's ability to use insulin (medically known as improving insulin sensitivity).
- Exercise increases blood flow to the muscles, and increases the blood's ability to transport certain substances.
- The increased blood flow that occurs with exercise increases the ability of muscle tissue to metabolize substances...
