5 Foods to Avoid If You Are Prediabetic

5 Foods to Avoid If You Are Prediabetic

The word prediabetes is a terrifying one. Researchers tell us that having this condition doubles your risk of getting diabetes and triples your chances of dying from cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, 50% to 70% of Americans who have type 2 diabetes are unaware they have it because the symptoms don’t show up until severe damage has…

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10 Tips to Maintain Good Health during Covid-19

10 Tips to Maintain Good Health during Covid-19

Since the coronavirus outbreak, many people have been concerned about their health. Whether you are a carrier of the coronavirus or not, it is important to maintain good health. Sometimes you don’t know that you are infected if you are having uncommon symptoms like urinary incontinence etc. Even if you’re not infected by this disease,…

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What to Know About Diabetes

diabetes

Diabetes is a condition where your body’s glucose or body sugar is too high. Diabetes is a long-term disease through which your health condition affects how your body converts food into energy. Blood sugar or glucose in the form of energy that your body needs, which comes from the food you eat. But when your…

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Time Dependent Effects of Exercise

Circadian Rhythm

Two new interdependent papers have been released studying the time-dependent effects of exercise. The studies show that exercising at different times of the day can modulate the outcomes, showing promise for athletes looking to up their game. Circadian science studies systemic energy homeostasis and metabolic pathways about the body’s in-built circadian rhythm. Cells work autonomously with…

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Fitness Tips for Busy People

Busy People

“What fits your busy schedule better, exercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day?” — Randy Glasbergen In a perfect world, we’d have as much time as possible to spend with our families, go to the gym, have time for entertainment and travel, and still make enough money at work. But…

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Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Prediabetic & Healthy Adults

Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Prediabetic & Healthy Adults

The use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) among people with insulin-dependent diabetes has gained wider acceptance, as it has shown benefit in controlling glucose even among those receiving only basal insulin. However, CGM use among non-insulin dependent diabetics, and especially among those with prediabetes or even healthy adults, is not well-established. In the Sugar Challenge Study, a…

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5 Tips to Help You Better Manage Type 2 Diabetes

5 Tips to Help You Better Manage Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes is one of the many blogs that belong to The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), an umbrella organization for over 230 national associations of diabetes in different countries around the world. There’s nothing easy about managing Type 2 diabetes.  This chronic condition requires constant vigilance and comes with a list of dietary restrictions and lifestyle…

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Carbohydrate Periodization—Fueling Exercise

Carbohydrates

by Mike Nelson, PhD, CSCS, CISSN/Personal Training Quarterly Carbohydrates and Exercise Providing carbohydrates in conjunction with exercise is not a new concept. In 1887, Montague Shearman stated, ‘‘Going into training was taken to mean the commencement of a peculiar diet of half-cooked beefsteaks and dry bread and the reduction of the daily drink to a…

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