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Controlling Type II Diabetes Through Exercise and Physical Activity

Exercise has been proven to be a pillar in overall diabetes care.  Numerous scientific studies have been published over the last 10 years supporting the notion that individuals who exercise have better control of their blood sugars over long periods of time.  In fact, a single session of exercise can improve blood sugar control for 6-12 hours after the exercise session has finished.  A meta-analysis (a review of the literature in a certain area) on exercise and diabetes published by the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2002 concluded that exercise training has the ability to reduce blood sugar levels significantly enough to reduce the complications of diabetes.  Click here to read full article.

Deep Breathing as a Mechanism to Control High Blood Pressure?

High blood pressure kills more females than any other risk factor and is second to cigerette smoking in being responsible for mortality rates in males.  In our quest to find treatment and prevention measures I wanted to evaluate the claims that deep breathing may help lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure.  While the research in this field is a little scarce (compared to other non-pharmalogical treatments of high blood pressure such as the DASH diet and physical activity), I believe their may be some merit in performing deep breathing exercises to control high blood pressure.   Click here to read full article.

The Moderation Prescription - Learn More about this Innovative Idea!

Conventional wisdom suggests that if we practice healthy habits in moderation, we shall succeed at leading as close to a disease free life as we can.  I have absolutely no argument with this statement - in fact I strongly endorse this belief!  For many people, moderate amounts of physical activity and exercise will provide enormous health benefits.  Blood pressure control will improve for people with high blood pressure, blood sugar control will improve for those who are at risk or have diabetes.  Caloric expenditure often is increased to create a long awaited caloric balance between expenditure and intake.  Click here to read full article.