Making Friends with the “E” Word

The advice still applies: daily exercise is a healthy habit. Experts recommend 30 minutes of moderate exercise five to six  days per week. For many of us, exercise means expensive health clubs, complicated equipment, sweating, achy muscles and anything but fun. step one is to think of exercise in terms of “daily activity.” We are meant [...]

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Overcoming the Fear Factor of Diabetes

Diabetes is a self-care disease. What happens between doctor visits really counts. The American Association of Diabetes Educators advocates seven self-care behaviors to simplify needed lifestyle changes. Elevated blood sugars are unsafe and cause damage to blood vessels and nerves all over the body. Heart attacks, strokes, kidney damage, blindness, and amputations associated with diabetes [...]

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