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This month’s eNewsletter focuses on diabetes. There are 2 main types of diabetes...Type 1 (pancreas is unable to produce insulin) usually diagnosed in children and adolescents; Type 2 (pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body does not effectively use the insulin that is produced), which is found in the vast majority of sufferers; There is a third type as well...it is a temporary condition that is found during pregnancy.

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Here’s to your health!

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Hard to believe Autumn is upon us! With Halloween in October and the Thanksgiving holiday not far behind, the focus of these two wonderful events is food! It’s never too late to make a commitment for a healthier you by choosing healthier substitutes. With diabetes on the rise amongst school age children and the astounding statistics regarding high blood pressure in adults, education and awareness are vital to reducing health risks and living a longer, healthier life.

To assist you with the good food/bad food choices, a list of substitutes is provided.

• Fruit - contains natural sugar and is a good substitute for candy and high calorie sweets, use fresh fruit or canned/frozen packed in juice or light syrup
• Colored raw vegetables such as broccoli or cauliflower - good substitute for potato chips
• Milk and yogurt - choose fat free, no sugar added
• Whole grain bread, bagels, rolls or fiber-enriched white bread - instead of white bread, croissants, butter rolls, pastries, doughnuts, biscuits
• Olive or canola oil - instead of corn or vegetable oil
• Fresh fish - instead of canned tuna
• Loin or round meats- instead of chuck
• Mustard, vinegar, or salsa - instead of mayonnaise
• Brown rice - instead of white rice
• Beans or peas - instead of canned beans that contain animal products
• Broth based (water or low-fat milk) soups - instead of cream soups
• Baked packaged snacks - instead of fried packaged snacks
• Always fat-free candies, cookies, ice cream

Next month we dedicate our e-newsletter to Memory Loss.

Welcome to Cindy’s Corner. Cindy Price is the Manager of our Wellness Trader business. She runs our operation and knows many of you through phone conversations. She is interested in her family’s health and yours!

Protein!

Protein is required to help the body rebuild, and also provides needed nutrients not found in carbs and fats. What does that have to do with Diabetes? A lot actually! One of the roles of protein is to help stabilize blood sugars throughout the day. Protein also provides amino acids to use as skeletal muscle fuel and it also helps you feel full at meals! Some great sources of protein are meats, cheeses, nuts, soy, beans and lentils. The type of protein you choose is less important than making sure that you eat some, each day, to support healing and nutrition. And as always, talk to your Doctor, Nutritionist or Registered Dietitian for more information about protein, and how to incorporate adequate supplies of protein into your diet.

Here’s to your health!

Cindy

How many of us bemoan the fact that summer has come and gone and we have not ‘peeled back the winter layers’ to reveal the slim, well toned bodies through exercise and fine tuning?

Our intentions are very honorable at the beginning of the year; many of us intend to go running or jogging every evening, do an aerobics class twice a week, and so on. However, the reality has been that after two attempts to run around the block, many of us give up.

Therefore, why don’t we just try to keep fit at work! Here is a list of helpful options for those of us who have also ‘slipped up’ to keep this particular New Year’s resolution!

• Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
• Practice step aerobics on the stairs in your lunch hour.
• If you need to leave the office on errands e.g. to go to the bank; try running there.
• While you’re at your computer, try raising your legs off the ground and holding them there for ten minutes. You’ll find this strengthens your leg muscles beautifully!
• When you are on the phone, try a bit of impromptu skipping (if the cord to your extension is long enough!)
• Every time you feel puckish, have a piece of fruit rather than a bar of chocolate or a bag of potato chips.
• Drink plenty! (And not the hard stuff!) It is a good idea to try and drink 6-8 glasses of water a day if you can. If you can’t cope with that amount of water, then try fruit juice or a low sugar fruit drink.
• The true test of how fit you aren’t!! When you start to feel sluggish or tired towards the end of the day - see if you can bend over, with your legs straight, and touch your toes!! Or for that matter, when you stand up straight and look down can you even see your toes?

And don’t worry if your colleagues look at you as if you are mad!! Get them to join in.

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