Exercise helps to treat Insulin Resistance in Diabetes BY Gabe Merkins, MD
Up to 70 percent of North American adults will develop diabetes or pre-diabetes, usually from insulin resistance caused by excess fat in the liver and muscles. Exercise helps to empty fat from the liv... Read More
Lifting Weights Helps to Lower High Blood Pressure (Article from Gabe Mirkin, MD)
Researchers have known for a long time that regular aerobic exercises like walking, jogging or cycling help to lower high blood pressure and also help to prevent strokes and heart attacks (Arq B... Read More
GETTING UP FROM A FALL
Basic Fall Recovery Technique: If you are able to do so, roll yourself over onto your stomach, ease yourself up onto your hands and knees, and then try to crawl to the nearest chair, couch, or your be... Read More
THE ART OF FALLING
#1 RULE OF FALLING DOWN: RELAX: DON’T: Try to stop the fall , especially if you are older. GOAL: spread the impact over as much of your body as possible, such as your butt, thighs, and ... Read More
SIT LESS…….MOVE MORE!!!!!! You may be amazed how much better you feel…..
We have all heard that for good health we need to engage in moderate physical activity like brisk walking, at least 150 minutes a week. More physical activity helps reduce high blo... Read More
A Brisk Walk May Help the Aging Brain
A recent article in “Experience Life “magazine by Craig Cox discussed a recent study by Colorado State university neuroscientist Agnieszka Burzynska, PhD. The brain’s white matter is... Read More
“SIT LESS…MOVE MORE”… Walking reduces Diabetes Risk.
A recent article in the Villages Daily Sun by Charln Fargo, a registered dietitian with Southern Illinois University Med School, Springfield Illinois. revealed interesting information.&nbs... Read More
Are you a “SEDENTARY ATHLETE”???
Americans widespread have retreated to their homes in the past two years making us very sedentary and less healthy according to Carl Andersen, medical director of executive health at Mayo Clinic in Ro... Read More