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American Diabetes Month
Learn how exercise can
help manage diabetes
According to MayoClinic, "long-term regular exercise - 30 minutes most days of the week - can help manage your blood sugar (glucose) and weight, and improve your cardiovascular health ... your body taps into sugar supplies in your blood during and for a period after exercise, reducing your blood sugar level ... Exercise can also increase your insulin sensitivity if you have type 2 diabetes. That means your body requires less insulin to escort sugar into your cells, which also reduces your blood sugar level."
www.mayoclinic.com
Create a personal health record with
Diabetes PHD
Receive an overview showing your current risk for diabetes, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, as well as foot and eye complications; and learn how certain lifestyle changes may affect your future health.
www.diabetes.org
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Great American Smokeout
Let exercise help you quit!
Regular exercise can help you divert your focus from smoking, while providing many other benefits highlighted on this page.
According to the American Cancer Society, "Research shows that smokers are most successful in kicking the habit when they have some means of support, such as nicotine replacement products, counseling, prescription medicine to lessen cravings, guide books, and the encouragement of friends and family members". www.cancer.org
Help for smoking cessation may be available through your HMO or PPO, or by calling 1-800-ACS-2345. |
Treadmill or Weights
Which comes first?
According to an article in the September issue of "The Well Workplace", results from a small study indicate that "if you want to get both a cardiovascular and weight workout and want to get the best use of your time, jump on the treadmill, stair climber or exer-cycle, and then hit the weights! 
The study authors say this will especially be beneficial if exercisers are concerned with weight loss".
WELCOA, The Well Workplace, Vol. 8, No. 7
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"In 20 years, failure to exercise six days a week will seem as self-destructive as smoking two packs of cigarettes a day."
- Henry S. Lodge, M.D.
From HOPE HEALTH LETTER vol. 26, No. 9
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