13 best and worst foods for people with diabetes

If you have diabetes, watching what you eat is one of the most important things you can do to stay healthy. "The basic goal of nutrition for people with diabetes is to avoid blood sugar spikes," said Dr. Gerald Bernstein, director of the diabetes management program at Friedman Diabetes Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. Candy and soda can be dangerous for diabetics because the body absorbs these simple sugars almost instantly....

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Fitness for Women- Stay Fit and Healthy!

Fitness for Women- Stay Fit and Healthy!  Fitness for Women- Stay Fit and Healthy!  Here are 10 tips for women to stay fit and healthy: 1. Staying fit and healthy starts with a balanced diet. Know and monitor the right weight for your age. Consult your doctor to learn what food you should avoid and follow your eating discipline routines. If you are trying to lose some weight, foods with high calories should be omitted from your...

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Sports Fitness: Fun Way to be Healthy

Sports Fitness: Fun Way to be Healthy Sports Fitness: Fun Way to be Healthy When you talk about sports fitness, what comes first in your mind? It is, basically, the different sports activities, right? This is because sports fitness has always been referred to as the sports itself. Generally, sports entail physical activities that are usually carried out for some “recreational” functions such as self-satisfaction, entertainment, competition,...

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The Importance of Physical Fitness

The Importance of Physical Fitness The Importance of Physical Fitness One of the simplest and most effective ways to bring down  blood glucose levels, cut the risk of cardiovascular disease, and improve overall health and well-being is physical fitness and exercise. Yet, in our increasingly sedentary world, where almost every essential task can be performed online, from the driver’s seat, or with a phone call, exercising and being physically...

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Muscle Fiction

Muscle Fiction Muscle Fiction If you'v been training, here's a short list of bodybuilding fiction. 1. 12 Rep rule Most weight training program include this much repetitions for gaining muscle. The truth is this approach places the muscles with not enough tension for effective muscle gain. High tension e.g. heavy weights provides muscle growth in which the muscle grows much larger, leading to the maximum gains in strength. Having  longer...

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Be A Man of Fitness

Be A Man of Fitness Be A Man of Fitness Fitness is the essence of a man. Fitness is the ability of a person to do his normal everyday tasks with full alertness and vigor without worrying about fatigue afterward and with extra energy in reserve which can be useful when emergencies arise or during leisure and recreation. Overall fitness must be the primary goal every man must try to achieve. In fitness, no one is ever too young or too old for...

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Health and Fitness

Health and Fitness Health and Fitness Being active makes a person healthy and strong. It is not just for people who have a weight problem but for everyone who likes to stay fit.    There is a lot a person can do such jog or walk every morning, play basketball or any other sport with friends but if a person wants to have muscles and look lean, then one can sign up and workout in a gym. People workout for 3 reasons; The first...

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7 Tips for Fitness Women

7 Tips for Fitness Women 7 Tips for Fitness Women Would you like to be a fitness woman? Or are you a fitness woman but would like to be effective? Here are 7 great tips on how to become an effective fitness woman: 1. Get a program that will best suit you. Every fitness woman is different. You may have surgical history where a program may not be suited for you. Always consult a qualified trainer to make sure that the fitness program will...

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10 Things You Should Know About Stretching

10 Things You Should Know About Stretching 10 Things You Should Know About Stretching Before fitness training, one must give importance to doing warm-up or stretching exercises to prevent accidents or to enhance the output during the training.  There are also a number of precautionary measures and tips to serve as guidelines when doing fitness exercises.  Here are some of them. 1.  To increase your flexibility and to avoid...

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Fitness Trainer: Boredom Busters

Fitness Trainer: Boredom Busters Fitness Trainer: Boredom Busters One of the biggest obstacles to staying on track for fitness is losing motivation. People are just starting an exercise program can find themselves quickly tired of the same routine. Keeping exercise appealing and maintaining a good fitness perspective is key to long-term success. If you have to watch the exact same episode of your favorite television show every day for...

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Tips on How to Become a Fitness Model

Tips on How to Become a Fitness Model Everyone is busy. But considering what is at stake, making time for exercise needs to be a priority right now. Thirty minutes a day is not too much when you get right down to it. Cut one prime-time show out of your evening television-viewing schedule. Get up a half-hour earlier each morning. Use half of your lunch hour for a brisk walk. You can find time if you look hard enough for it. In fact, there...

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Working Out for Extreme Fitness

Working Out for Extreme Fitness Many people think about building muscles as abandoning life outside the gym and devoting hours in the gym like a monk in a monastery. Perhaps the only way to chisel the body into a hot muscular physique is by toiling hour by hour over the rusty iron day in, day out and year in, year out. This need not be so. Although hard work is truly required, extreme fitness demands one to be a slave of the iron weights....

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