By now, you should have completed three weeks of The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge! How are you doing? Please check in, in the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group (if you're not a member, please consider joining!). Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics group members sometimes ask for sample menus and meal plans suitable for diabetics. There is certainly … Continue reading Nutrition, cont. – Food Lists & Meal Plans
Category: 8 Laws of Health
Nutrition, cont. – Food Categories
By now, you should have completed two weeks of The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge! How are you doing? Please check in, in the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group (if you're not a member, please consider joining!). This chapter looks at selected foods and food categories, with documented references where appropriate. I have compiled a handy … Continue reading Nutrition, cont. – Food Categories
Nutrition, Law of Health #1
By now, you should have completed one week of The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge! How are you doing? Please check in, in the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group (if you're not a member, please consider joining!). Now we're going to take another look at The 8 Laws of Health. Nutrition. Exercise. Water. Sunshine. Temperance. Air. … Continue reading Nutrition, Law of Health #1
More About “The 8 Laws of Health”
This will be your last reminder to continue practicing the Five Essential Habits, Portion Control, Eating to Your Meter, Incorporating Intermittent Fasting, Reducing Stress, and Getting Adequate Sleep every day/night. Also, practice good Diabetic Foot Care, Dental Care, and Diabetic Eye Care every day. All of these should be second nature to you by now; … Continue reading More About “The 8 Laws of Health”
Get Adequate Sleep
Continue practicing the Five Essential Habits, Portion Control, Eating to Your Meter, Incorporating Intermittent Fasting, and Reducing Stress every day. Are you getting adequate sleep? How is sleep related to diabetes? How long should I sleep? Is it possible to sleep too long? For the answers to these questions and more, please read "Get Adequate … Continue reading Get Adequate Sleep
Reduce Stress
Continue practicing the Five Essential Habits, Portion Control, Eating to Your Meter, and Incorporating Intermittent Fasting every day! No doubt, however, that you may still be seeing blood sugars (and thus insulin levels) higher than you would like. The number one non-food cause of high blood sugar is high stress! This has been especially true … Continue reading Reduce Stress
Practice Portion Control
Goals/Objectives: To learn how to practice portion control. Time Frame: To implement portion control at every meal/snack of every day. Now that you have established some essential habits for diabetics—essential no matter what dietary lifestyle or approach to diabetes management you take—let’s refine it even more by practicing portion control, also an essential for all diabetics, regardless of … Continue reading Practice Portion Control
What Can I Eat?
This week's blog will refer you to two articles and one video that can help you in deciding how you should eat for your best diabetic health. And, while you are deciding, be sure to continuing practicing the Five Essential Habits, the foundation of your success in controlling, reversing, or preventing diabetes. The first article, … Continue reading What Can I Eat?
Establish Essential Habits: Exercise Daily
Goal/Objective: To establish a daily routine of physical activity within your individual scope of mobility. Time Frame: Ongoing for the rest of your life! Which, of course, will be longer because you exercise. For additional information, see "Exercise" in "Section 2. The 8 Laws of Health." If you are taking these Five Essential Habits in … Continue reading Establish Essential Habits: Exercise Daily
Establish Essential Habits: Eat Real Food
Goal/Objective: To establish regular consumption of whole-food non-starchy vegetables to replace highly refined processed foods and trans fats. If you are taking these Five Essential Habits in consecutive order, you will continue to monitor your blood glucose daily, drink your optimum amount of water every day, eliminate sugar from your dietary protocol, and now you must add 3-5 servings of … Continue reading Establish Essential Habits: Eat Real Food
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