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The most common types of diabetes are known as Type 1 and Type 2. The Type 1 diabetes, which is also known as adolescent diabetes, differs from Type 2 in the sense that the body will stop producing insulin altogether. Type 2 diabetes is normally diagnosed in older adults and occurs as the body stops producing enough insulin or the individual becomes resistant to their own body insulin.
No matter what form of diabetes it is, you'll lose your ability to adequately utilize sugar. The blood sugar levels will increase due to the body's difficulty in transporting sugar into the cells and out of the blood stream. There are several ways to lower your blood sugar levels, including diet, exercise, and medication.
As a whole, exercise is a very important part of diabetic management for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics. Those that have Type 1 will find regular exercise helps to maintain insulin sensitivity, helps to prevent the accumulation of excess weight, and also increases the use of glucose by muscles. Although there is really no way to prevent Type 1 diabetes, it is possible to prevent Type 2 diabetes.
The things to consider when you attempt to prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes are regular exercise supplementation with vitamins and herbs that will help to prevent insulin resistance and proper control of weight.
Not only with exercise help directly with diabetic management by lowering blood sugar levels and maintaining insulin sensitivity, but it will also help minimize several of the complications that can occur in a diabetic individual. Research has shown that walking 30 minutes each day can diminish the possibility of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Almost all diabetics tend to develop circulatory problems and exercise can help lower blood pressure and improve circulation throughout the body. Seeing as how people with diabetes tend to have poor blood flow to their lower areas and feet, better circulation is a great benefit.
Even though there are risks associated with exercise, the potential benefits will outweigh the risks. Exercise does indeed lower blood sugar levels, so those with diabetes should measure their blood sugar both before and after they exercise. Since your body uses more sugar while you exercise and makes you more sensitive to insulin, there is a risk of blood sugar becoming too low and causing hypoglycemia as a result.
Whenever you exercise, it is important to let others know that you are diabetic. They should also be informed about what they should do in case of hypoglycemia. To be on the safe side, you should always carry candy or fruit juice with you to treat low blood sugar when it occurs.
During and after you have exercised, you should pay very close attention about how you feel, since rapid heart beat, increased sweating, feeling shaky, or hunger can signal that your blood sugar levels are getting too low.
With diabetic management and treatment, exercise is very important. Exercise will help with blood sugar control when the muscles use more glucose and the body becomes more sensitive to insulin. Exercise will also help to prevent and minimize common diabetic complications which include heart problems, high blood pressure, and circulatory deficiencies.
If you are a diabetic, exercise should be part of your daily routine. You should always exercise at a slow pace and never overdo it. Also, you should be sure to exercise around people you know or at a gym, so there will always be people around you in case something goes wrong. Being a diabetic doesn't have to hinder your life or your performance, as exercise can help you get your life back on track and heading in the right direction - the healthy direction.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Lowering Your High Blood Pressure
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Blood Pressure Reading - What Does It Foretell
If you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure, you are more than likely to have to checkyour daily blood pressure, which you can do through various methods. Which one suits yourlifestyle and preferences is something that you should discuss with your doctor.
Before you even get that far, however, you should know what blood pressure is, how it works inyour body, and how to find out what your blood pressure is. Let us start with the basics. Yourblood pressure is simply a measurement of the pressure it takes for your heart to force blood outof your heart and into arteries. Arteries carry oxygenated blood throughout your circulatorysystem, to every cell, tissue, and organ within your body.
Lub-dub, Lub-dub, Lub-dub...
Blood pressure is separated into two terms: systolic and diastolic. The moment that your heartpumps blood through your heart, heart valves in the chambers of your heart make sounds, a sortof 'lub-dub'. You can hear the first sound, the 'lub', when the heart muscle contracts, creating asystolic blood pressure. This pressure is also the first set of numbers that show up when someoneis taking your blood pressure.
A normal systolic blood pressure reading can range anywherebetween 120 and 130. However, when the heart muscle rests, or relaxes, you hear the 'dub' sound,called the diastolic blood pressure. This reading normally ranges from 80 to 90 beats a minute.While everyone is different and a blood pressure between an older person and a child can differ, general guidelines exist that decide whether your blood pressure is higher than normal.
Athletic individuals normally have lower blood pressure than others, because their heart muscle isstronger and pumps more efficiently.Taking Care of Your HeartKeeping a normal blood pressure through a proper diet and enough exercise is not always easy.But not doing so can eventually cause the heart muscle and the linings of blood vessels toweaken or become clogged with cholesterol or plaque.
Such a condition forces the heart to workharder to pump blood and provide enough oxygenated and nutrient rich blood to reach all cellsand tissues.Taking care of your heart is important, not only to your daily activities, but also for yourlong-term health.
You should check your blood pressure regularly. If your doctor tells you thatyou have high blood pressure, do everything you can to get it back under control. Medications, achange of diet and exercise work wonders on high blood pressure. But if possible, try to preventsuch measures by maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Stay away from high fat foods, eat plenty offruits and vegetables and make sure that you exercise every day, even if it's a walk around theblock after a long day at work.
Recording your blood pressure reading, whether you have been diagnosed with high bloodpressure, can alert you to changes in your body that you might not be aware of. Take charge ofyour heart. After all, it is the only one you have.Get the latest in blood pressure reading know how from the only true source at http://www.bloodpressurefile.comArticle Source:
http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Stan_Kitchen
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Lynn's hypertension (high blood pressure) was so high that she was close to having a stroke.
But through lifestyle and diet changes, she was able to get and keep her numbers down.
To read Lynn's true hypertension story, visit here.
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Blood Pressure Reading - What Does It Foretell
If you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure, you are more than likely to have to checkyour daily blood pressure, which you can do through various methods. Which one suits yourlifestyle and preferences is something that you should discuss with your doctor.
Before you even get that far, however, you should know what blood pressure is, how it works inyour body, and how to find out what your blood pressure is. Let us start with the basics. Yourblood pressure is simply a measurement of the pressure it takes for your heart to force blood outof your heart and into arteries. Arteries carry oxygenated blood throughout your circulatorysystem, to every cell, tissue, and organ within your body.
Lub-dub, Lub-dub, Lub-dub...
Blood pressure is separated into two terms: systolic and diastolic. The moment that your heartpumps blood through your heart, heart valves in the chambers of your heart make sounds, a sortof 'lub-dub'. You can hear the first sound, the 'lub', when the heart muscle contracts, creating asystolic blood pressure. This pressure is also the first set of numbers that show up when someoneis taking your blood pressure.
A normal systolic blood pressure reading can range anywherebetween 120 and 130. However, when the heart muscle rests, or relaxes, you hear the 'dub' sound,called the diastolic blood pressure. This reading normally ranges from 80 to 90 beats a minute.While everyone is different and a blood pressure between an older person and a child can differ, general guidelines exist that decide whether your blood pressure is higher than normal.
Athletic individuals normally have lower blood pressure than others, because their heart muscle isstronger and pumps more efficiently.Taking Care of Your HeartKeeping a normal blood pressure through a proper diet and enough exercise is not always easy.But not doing so can eventually cause the heart muscle and the linings of blood vessels toweaken or become clogged with cholesterol or plaque.
Such a condition forces the heart to workharder to pump blood and provide enough oxygenated and nutrient rich blood to reach all cellsand tissues.Taking care of your heart is important, not only to your daily activities, but also for yourlong-term health.
You should check your blood pressure regularly. If your doctor tells you thatyou have high blood pressure, do everything you can to get it back under control. Medications, achange of diet and exercise work wonders on high blood pressure. But if possible, try to preventsuch measures by maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Stay away from high fat foods, eat plenty offruits and vegetables and make sure that you exercise every day, even if it's a walk around theblock after a long day at work.
Recording your blood pressure reading, whether you have been diagnosed with high bloodpressure, can alert you to changes in your body that you might not be aware of. Take charge ofyour heart. After all, it is the only one you have.Get the latest in blood pressure reading know how from the only true source at http://www.bloodpressurefile.comArticle Source:
http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Stan_Kitchen
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Lynn's hypertension (high blood pressure) was so high that she was close to having a stroke.
But through lifestyle and diet changes, she was able to get and keep her numbers down.
To read Lynn's true hypertension story, visit here.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Smoking, Hypertension and High Cholesterol
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Men With These Three Risks Die 10 Years Sooner...
British study tracks 19,000 men after 40 years
Paris : Middle-aged male smokers with high cholesterol and blood pressure die, on average, a decade sooner than peers without any of these heart disease risk factors, according to a study published yesterday (18 September 2009).
Many studies have shown that not smoking, eating healthy and exercising cut heart disease rates. But few have tracked the problem from the other end : To what extent is life expectance shortened by having these heart disease risk factors.
To find out, researchers led by Dr. Robert Clarker from Oxford University sifted the data from 19,000 male British civil servants who were examined in the late 1960s when they were 40 to 69 years old.
Participants provided detailed information about their medical history, lifestyle and smoking habits and doctors recorded their weight, blood pressure, lung function, cholesterol and blood sugar levels.
They were followed up nearly 40 years later in 2005, by which time 13,501 had died.
The study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), found that the men who faced a triple risk threat at the outset were two to three times more likely to have died of heart-related problem than men free of all three risk factors. On average, their lives were shortened by a decade.
“We've shown that men at age 50 who smoke, have high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels can expect to survive to 74 years of age, while those who have non of these risk factors can expect to live until 83.,” said Dr. Clarke, according to the BBC.
“It is precisely this kind of very prolonged follow-up study that is necessary to get these results – that modest differences in heart risk factors can accurately predicts significant differences in life expectancy. The results give people another way of looking at heart disease risk factors that can be understood more readily. If you stop smoking or take measures to deal with high blood pressure or body weight, it will translate into increased life expectancy.”
Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said : “This important study puts a figure on the life-limiting effects of smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
“It provides a stark illustration of how these risk factors in the middle age can reduce life expectancy. The good news is that all of us can make changes to help us live a healty life for longer, even after 50.”
He added : “Although the study only involved men, there is no reason why the same should not apply to women. So, I urge all men and women over 40 to have a health check – that all GPs can provide – which will include finding out their blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and starting to address any areas of concern.”
The percentage of people who have fatal strokes or heart attacks has declined by about a quarter in many rich countries oveer the last decade.
But the prevalence of known risk factors has not dropped as quickly.
In the United States, for example, uncontrolled hypertension has fallen since 1999 by only 16 percent, high blood cholesterol by 19 percent, and tobacco use by just over 15 percent, says the American Heart Association. Other sources of risk have remained constant or even increased : People exercise no more than 10 years ago, while rates of obesity have climbed sharply, especially among children.
Agency France-Presse
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The Straits Times Saturday, September 19, 2009
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Men With These Three Risks Die 10 Years Sooner...
British study tracks 19,000 men after 40 years
Paris : Middle-aged male smokers with high cholesterol and blood pressure die, on average, a decade sooner than peers without any of these heart disease risk factors, according to a study published yesterday (18 September 2009).
Many studies have shown that not smoking, eating healthy and exercising cut heart disease rates. But few have tracked the problem from the other end : To what extent is life expectance shortened by having these heart disease risk factors.
To find out, researchers led by Dr. Robert Clarker from Oxford University sifted the data from 19,000 male British civil servants who were examined in the late 1960s when they were 40 to 69 years old.
Participants provided detailed information about their medical history, lifestyle and smoking habits and doctors recorded their weight, blood pressure, lung function, cholesterol and blood sugar levels.
They were followed up nearly 40 years later in 2005, by which time 13,501 had died.
The study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), found that the men who faced a triple risk threat at the outset were two to three times more likely to have died of heart-related problem than men free of all three risk factors. On average, their lives were shortened by a decade.
“We've shown that men at age 50 who smoke, have high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels can expect to survive to 74 years of age, while those who have non of these risk factors can expect to live until 83.,” said Dr. Clarke, according to the BBC.
“It is precisely this kind of very prolonged follow-up study that is necessary to get these results – that modest differences in heart risk factors can accurately predicts significant differences in life expectancy. The results give people another way of looking at heart disease risk factors that can be understood more readily. If you stop smoking or take measures to deal with high blood pressure or body weight, it will translate into increased life expectancy.”
Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said : “This important study puts a figure on the life-limiting effects of smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
“It provides a stark illustration of how these risk factors in the middle age can reduce life expectancy. The good news is that all of us can make changes to help us live a healty life for longer, even after 50.”
He added : “Although the study only involved men, there is no reason why the same should not apply to women. So, I urge all men and women over 40 to have a health check – that all GPs can provide – which will include finding out their blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and starting to address any areas of concern.”
The percentage of people who have fatal strokes or heart attacks has declined by about a quarter in many rich countries oveer the last decade.
But the prevalence of known risk factors has not dropped as quickly.
In the United States, for example, uncontrolled hypertension has fallen since 1999 by only 16 percent, high blood cholesterol by 19 percent, and tobacco use by just over 15 percent, says the American Heart Association. Other sources of risk have remained constant or even increased : People exercise no more than 10 years ago, while rates of obesity have climbed sharply, especially among children.
Agency France-Presse
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The Straits Times Saturday, September 19, 2009
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