Posts Tagged ‘corporate wellness’

As difficult as type 2 diabetes can sometimes be, there are ways to better manage it. Managing your diabetes through nutrition and fitness are two of the best ways to do this. Tests have shown that 38% percent of individuals with type 2 diabetes get less than the recommended amount of exercise. This often results…

As people are increasingly avoiding sugars and minding their overall health, alternative natural sweeteners have become a more popular option, one of them being the Monk fruit sweetener. What is monk fruit sweetener? The Monk fruit is a small, green gourd that resembles a melon. It’s mostly grown in South East Asia and has for…

by Matthew Kadey, MS, RD Why people should pick their post-workout snacks before exercising. A healthy post-exercise snack can kickstart recovery, whereas a poor food choice can quickly undo a good workout. A study in the journal Nutrients suggests we can boost nutrition after exercise by encouraging people to choose their post-workout snacks in advance. University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers found…

by Beverly Hosford, MA Sleep influences our demeanor, our choices, and how others perceive us. It shapes our waking hours, leaving us alert, calm, focused, and joyful—or tired, grumpy, distracted, and unhappy. That makes sleep a crucial concern for our harried clientele and for ourselves, as busy fitness professionals. We all try to sneak by without…

by Martica Heaner, PhD Studies suggest that dietary changes can improve lung health. If the eyes are a window to the soul, then the lungs are a door to the body—providing a gateway for the arrival of oxygen to every living cell. Fitness pros know that regular exercise trains the lungs to inhale more oxygen and exhale more…

Your doctor advised you to exercise regularly and you want to hit the ground running, but you’re stuck on where to start or just don’t know the kind of exercise that will reap you more benefits. Or maybe you have a busy schedule and just can’t block an hour to hit the gym, go jogging,…

The world waits for the fight against diabetes to end. More and more generations are experiencing diabetes and it is one of the leading diseases of death. In fact, according to the latest posting by WHO (World Health Organization) in 2019, an estimated 1.5 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes. This high mortality number…

The saying goes, the mind leads the body so whatever is in your mind will most likely be what will happen in your body. Your mind is so powerful that it directs the steps your body will make to given circumstances. Persons with diabetes tend to change their whole mindset from being normal to ill.…