Walking off Diabetes - New, Realistic and FUN exercise goals for Type 2 Diabetes Patients

A common misconception concerning exercise is that physical activity must be vigorous to provide health benefits.  But don't go signing up for any marathons just yet - new guidelines are requiring more realistic goals for Type 2 diabetes patients.   The HHS guidelines state that 150 minutes of brisk walking a week - about 20 minutes a day - substantially reduces the risk of numerous chronic diseases, including diabetes, depression, and breast cancer.

Walking is one of the most popular and widely recommended forms of physical activity for people with diabetes. It’s easy, relaxing and can be done practically anywhere, with anyone! Dr. Regensteiner, professor of medicine and director of the center for women’s health at the University of Colorado at Denver, stresses the important of making exercise goals fun and realistic.  Focusing on this behavioral aspect of exercise will result in more patients following their regimens.


For more information about contemporary exercise guidelines, check out the full article here
http://www.familypracticenews.com/news/more-top-news/single-view/diabetes-patients-require-more-realistic-exercise-goals/97367cbec2.html

Want to start reaping those health benefits right away?? 
Jump start your walking routine with us on October 1st at the Step Out Walk to Fight Diabetes.  For more information or to join our team 
http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?team_id=514351&fr_id=7809&pg=team

From omnivore to vegan: The dietary education of Bill Clinton

Source: CNN.com

     Former President Bill Clinton recently in an interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta from CNN admitted that he now considers himself a vegan and that he has lost more than 20 pounds after revamping his diet!
   
     In the past two decades, the former president has gone from eating unhealthy fast foods like hamburgers, cheeseburgers, french fries, and even a dozen doughnuts at a campaign (sounds like Shlok's current diet!) to basically vegetables. And this has made him healthier than ever! He obviously learned it the hard way as he only revamped it after multiple heart procedures and bypass surgeries. But now that he realizes how important it is to eat healthy, he has created a partnership between the Clinton Foundation and American Heart Association with the goal of promoting exercise and healthy lunches for 12000 schools across the nation. Clearly, he is now promoting what Operation Diabetes has been standing for all along at not only the UMB School of Pharmacy via MOD but at every other other School of Pharmacy across the nation! Eat Healthy, Stay Healthy!

You can read the full article on http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/18/bill.clinton.diet.vegan/index.html?npt=NP1

A Jonas Brother with Diabetes

Source: CNN.com

Nick Jonas, a member of the boy band Jonas Brothers, was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at age 13. He hasn't let that stop him from fulfilling his dreams of becoming an actor and singer. Check out his fight against diabetes in the video above!

To learn more about the disease, learn ways to prevent it, or to join the fight, visit http://www.diabetes.org/