Category: Exercise

Join the 30-Day Richard Osborn Walking Challenge

This has become an annual tradition for Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics! Richard is our “poster child” for walking 10,000+ steps a day. https://adventistvegetariandiabetics.com/other-resources/challenges/may/the-30-day-richard-osborn-challenge/embed/#?secret=wN1juVDwW1#?secret=Nl2up6zsKK Please consider joining this Challenge, even if all you can do is walk out to the mailbox and back every day! You do not have to walk 10,000 steps/day as Richard does, but … Continue reading Join the 30-Day Richard Osborn Walking Challenge →

The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge

This has become an annual tradition for Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics! Richard is our “poster child” for walking 10,000+ steps a day. https://adventistvegetariandiabetics.com/other-resources/challenges/may/the-30-day-richard-osborn-challenge/ Please consider joining this Challenge, even if all you can do is walk out to the mailbox and back every day! You do not have to walk 10,000 steps/day as Richard does, but … Continue reading The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge →

Swimming for Diabetics

May is actually National Water Safety Month. And that’s an important consideration, especially if you are not an expert swimmer (or a swimmer at all!). However, swimming is a good exercise option for people with diabetes, and summer is a good time for swimming. Recommendations are: For maximum benefit from swimming, you should swim at … Continue reading Swimming for Diabetics →

Fresh Non-starchy Vegetable Month

This week will end The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge. How did you do? Did you achieve your goals? If so, you are successful! June is Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Month, but we're going to make it Fresh Non-starchy Vegetable Month for diabetics, since most fruit is too high in carbohydrate (sugar in the form of … Continue reading Fresh Non-starchy Vegetable Month →

National Strawberry Month

How are you doing with The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge? Are you drinking more water? Are you giving daily attention to the care of your feet? May is National Strawberry Month (in the Northern Hemisphere). I hope you live where you can get fresh strawberries in your local grocery stores, co-ops, or farmers' markets. https://farmflavor.com/lifestyle/food-for-thought/did-you-know-may-is-national-strawberry-month/ … Continue reading National Strawberry Month →

National Drinking Water Month

May is Drinking Water Awareness Month. If you are participating in The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge, you probably are naturally drinking more water. Good for you! Review The Law of Health #3 (Water). https://adventistvegetariandiabetics.com/getting-started/learn-about-diabetes/8-laws-of-health/water/ If you got this email from someone who forwarded it to you, please consider subscribing to our blog yourself at https://adventistvegetariandiabetics.com/blog-posts/. … Continue reading National Drinking Water Month →

The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge

How did you do with your 30 Days of Biking? Did you ride your bicycle (whatever kind you have) every day? More than once a week? What did you do on days (if any) that it was raining and you could not ride outdoors? It's now time to start The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge (May … Continue reading The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge →

Foot Health Awareness Month

Since it is so very important for people with diabetes to exercise by walking (as much as possible), it is also extremely important to take special care of your feet. As we anticipate our annual The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge (May 1-31), it's vital to focus on our foot health! Practice daily care of your … Continue reading Foot Health Awareness Month →

30 Days of Biking

Since it is Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, April is a great time to ride your bicycle again! It can be a dirt bike, a racing bike, a recumbent bike, or even a three-wheel adult tricycle. As a last resort (if it's too rainy to ride outdoors), you could use a stationary exercise bike or … Continue reading 30 Days of Biking →

Overview: The 8 Laws of Health

If you were raised Seventh-day Adventist, or even if you came into the church later in life, you have undoubtedly heard or read many times this classic quotation: “Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in divine power—these are the true remedies” (Ellen G. White, Ministry of Healing, (Nampa: Pacific Press, 1905), page … Continue reading Overview: The 8 Laws of Health →