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Showing posts with label type 2 diabetes. Show all posts
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Friday, June 8, 2012

Stand at Work – Not Sit



Lose Fat – Gain Productivity

The rage is carrying fitness into the workplace, getting out of your chair where electrical activity in your muscles drop, creating harmful metabolic effects including…less calorie burning, and more fat gathering.  Obesity, Type 2 diabetes rises, while enzymes responsible for breaking down lipids and triglycerides plunge, leaving more fat gathering in the bloodstream.  Patrick McCrann shares the ups and downs of converting an office to a fitter place, and Tim Ferriss shows how he reinvented his office. Both speak of the bountiful benefits resulting from standing rather than sitting hours on end. Get the derriere off the chair!  According to James Vlahos of the NY Times, Sitting is a Lethal Activity



Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Health Benefits of Nature (Slide Show)


Play Outside for Improved Attention and Health!


Health Care-toon by Ed Fischer

Evidence shows how childhood ADD/ADHD, obesity, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and excess stress can be positively impacted through outdoor physical activity.  Green exercise, playing outdoors has significant effect on health and learning according to the National Environmental Education Foundation.   James R. Roberts, MD assembled this research presented in a slide format.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Senior Fitness

How to maintain vibrancy through the aging process

For Baby-boomers and beyond, exercise is the best hedge against premature aging, including coronary artery disease, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and even the common cold and flu. Solve Your Problem website does an admirable job explaining how exercise boosts the immune system to help protect us from illness. Lots of other relevant wellness articles are shown on this “Believe In Yourself… You Can Do It!” website