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What season of the year is it where you live? In the Northern Hemisphere, it's summer. So you may want to exercise by swimming. If so, you need to take special care of your feet. Here are two articles for your reference: Summer Foot Care https://adventistvegetariandiabetics.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/summer-foot-care/ Diabetes and swimming https://www.swimming.org/justswim/diabetes-and-swimming/ May is actually National Water … Continue reading Seasonal Exercise
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. The Importance of Exercise When You Have Diabetes https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-importance-of-exercise-when-you-have-diabetes If you got this email from someone who forwarded it to you, please … Continue reading Exercise & Diabetes
The importance of exercise to a diabetic is second only to nutrition. The exercise you choose is up to you and your health care practitioner. Peruse these articles: How To Boost Brain Function With Exercise https://www.outsideonline.com/2027601/how-boost-brain-function-exercise INTRODUCING THE FIVE MINUTE KITCHEN WORKOUT https://www.drchatterjee.com/blog/5min-kitchen-workout.cfm If you got this email from someone who forwarded it to you, … Continue reading More on Exercise – Benefits & Challenges
In January to March 2018, I was in a five-week outpatient Pain Management Program at Kaiser. It was in that program I learned to practice “mindful breathing” or, as Dr. Julie Whitehead called it, “belly breathing.” She taught us to place our hands lightly on our abdomen as we inhaled and feel our “belly” expanding. … Continue reading Mindful Breathing
You can get exercise, fresh air, and sunshine all at the same time on your daily walk! “Even a simple walk outside can raise your immune system. ‘Exercise leads to an increase in natural killer cells, neutrophils and monocytes, which ultimately increases immune function,’ Ather Ali, ND, MPH, assistant director of Complementary/Alternative Medicine Research at … Continue reading Pure Air
An additional benefit of sunlight is its crucial role in your circadian rhythm. A circadian rhythm is a natural, internal process that regulates the sleep-wake cycle and repeats on each rotation of the earth roughly every 24 hours (Wikipedia). Dr. Arlene Taylor, brain-function specialist, describes it: “When sunlight enters the eye, it strikes the light-sensitive retina. Remember, … Continue reading Sunlight/Circadian Rhythm
Diabetes is a tough disease. Not only having it, but trying to actually make sense of it in the vast morass of bad advice dished out by media, government, nonprofits, Big MED, and Big PHARMA is overwhelming. YOU know about ketogenic diets for diabetics. But the POWERS THAT BE say something different. They tell diabetics … Continue reading Motivation vs. Information
Interval training is a flexible form of training that has also been shown to be particularly beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes. High intensity interval training has made positive headlines thanks to research showing that relatively small amounts of interval training can be as beneficial to health as longer periods of conventional cardiovascular exercise, … Continue reading High Intensity Interval Training
Have you begun The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge? If you are not part of the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group, please consider joining so you can discuss your progress (or lack thereof) with the other group members. Please consider joining this Challenge, even if all you can do is walk out to the mailbox and … Continue reading If you are mobility-challenged
It has become a tradition in Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics to join The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge every May! The Challenge is to see how close you can get to 10,000 steps a day, 7 days a week. Richard lived in San Francisco for several years after his retirement as president of Pacific Union College. When … Continue reading Get Ready for The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge
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