New Years Resolutions 2011

New Years Resolutions 2011

I know New Years is 2 months away, but now is a good time to really start reflecting on last year and thinking about what your goals are for 2011.

With the problems in the US and the current economy situation many peoples New Years Resolutions for 2011 are going to be looking very different from previous years.

Here is an article I wrong about New Years Resolutions 2011.

Diabetes Health Resources

Diabetes health resources brings diabetes health articles. These diabetes health articles have been produced from personal-experience. Diabetes health information includes diabetes health news plus diabetes health food and drink personal health studies. Individual health issues are explored and explained and issues affecting diabetic health, are reviewed. These diabetic health articles relate to diabetes information, food and drink product contents, and food sales techniques.The health of the individual is necessary. The health of a nation is paramount. There is one epidemic that is growing and taking over nations. No it is not swine 'flu' or bird 'flu': it is diabetes. The health of nations is decimated by diabetes mellitus 2, in the main. People are living longer and this type of diabetes is somewhat age-related. Read on ...Diabetes Health Resources

Diabetes Types: The Three Types of Diabetes

Diabetes, for a long time, was assumed to be one disease. Diabetes is now known to take several forms. All diabetes types are fundamentally similar, but differ in many important ways. The two main forms of diabetes are Type 1 and Type 2 (there are other less common types of diabetes). Both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are characterised by glucose not being able to enter cells. As a result, they share many symptoms. All types of Diabetes have the same symptoms associated with them - excess sugar in your blood and urine. Pre-Diabetes is where a higher than usual blood-sugar reading is present. Once known as 'Juvenile Diabetes', Type 1 diabetes is where the pancreas loses its ability to create insulin. Type 2 Diabetes – aka NIDDM (Non-Insulin-Dependant Diabetes Mellitus) is the type of diabetes characterised by high blood-glucose caused by insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. Type 3 diabetes is differentiated as when the brain stops producing insulin or there is a reduced capacity for brain-cells to accept brain-secreted insulin. Gestational Diabetes –GDM (Gestational Diabetes Mellitus) is when high glucose level develop in pregnancy. Diabetes Insipidus occurs when the function of the pituitary and its secretions are impaired, rather than the pancreas and insulin.

 Diabetes Types: The Three Types of Diabetes

Diabetes Eating Management :: Diabetes Eating Myths

The most consistent advice over the yeas for people with diabetes is the need to keep your weight at manageable levels. The reason: the more fat you carry, the more insulin-resistant your cells become. Since most people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus are overweight, this is a significant issue. For many, losing just 5kgs (10ib) is enough to produce beneficial results in blood-glucose levels. But as you know yourself even the best laid dietary plan to lose weight can go off the rails, at least temporarily. Panic not. Yours is a long-term project, and thee will be occasional lapses along the way are to be expected. The important thing is to find some key strategies to help shed unwanted pounds and keep them off. What you should not do is take any notice of all the myths and urban legends that surround diabetes eating habits. They are dangerous if you follow them and they do not necessarily assist in your quest
Diabetes Eating Management :: Diabetes Eating Myths

Breakfast Grains –Improve Your Health

Breakfast is the first meal of the day and many people are trying to choose healthier foods. When you first wake up you need to drink water and some fruit juices would be healthy as you wake up dehydrated after a night’s sleep. Some people like to move around and maybe exercise before they eat healthy breakfast foods, but it isn’t healthy to skip breakfast all together.

Using fresh fruit is always a good start as it contains fructose rather than glucose. Frozen Banana Pineapple Cups, trail mix, fruit smoothies and steel cut oats are some great healthy choices to begin your day.  Recipes are included in this article...

Breakfast Grains –Improve Your Health

Soup Recipes –Easy, Delicious, -Good for You

Soup recipes are delicious and a wonderful way to make a good meal year round, even though we think of eating soup more in the cooler weather. The advantage of making soup in the summer is you can make it with fresh vegetables in a larger quantity and freeze bags of soup for those winter days. There is no vegetable in a can that tastes like one that is fresh. The first four soups can be vegetarian. 

The first four soups can be vegetarian.  I have included 2 videos and several good recipes.

Soup Recipes –Easy, Delicious, -Good for You

What Have They Done to our Food?

What Have They Done to our Food?

I am a believer that you will live longer by eating natural food created by God. When we give our bodies what it needs it will thrive and naturally heal itself. I mean, we are what we eat, right? Well if that is true, then we need to be careful of what we eat from our local grocer. Did you know that over 60% of what we eat is genetically modified (also called genetic engineering) food.

I am personally against genetic engineering an wrote an article called What Have They Done to our Food.

What are your thoughts about genetically altered food.

Also, here are a couple of book reviews that I wrote about The Future of Food and Food Inc.

Bad Effects of Smoking

Bad Effects of Smoking: "Are you a heavy smoker? I suppose that you already knew that smoking is very bad for your health. Do you believe that smoking actually lessen your life span for about 7 minutes per cigarette stick? Deadly ingredients composed of nicotine and other substances are poisonous and can harm our body in various ways. Below are the different bad effects of smoking.

Smoking can lead to various cancers
Smoking an average of 3 cigarettes per day can cause cancers when you get older or in some cases at middle age of 40 to 50 years. Lung cancer is the most usual turnout of smoking habit but it is also the supporting culprit for colon cancers, cirrhosis, tumors and many diseases. Many teens are aware of the bad effects of smoking but instead of avoiding them, they indulge this vice.

Smoking is addictive
Cigarette is composed of approximately 4000 chemicals all of which are not good for the body. Nicotine is the main reason why you can't quit smoking. Nicotine is a very deadly poison. If you don't control your cigarette crave, you can be one of those people who will die because of smoking habit."

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Part 1 Staying Young - BBC Explorations

This Is Why You're Fat (And How to Get Thin Forever)

One of the biggest challenges we have as we age is our weight. But let's face it, being over weight does put a huge factor in how long we live. And even though we all know how important it is to eat healthy and exercise, most of us find this very difficult.

This is why I want to share Jackie Warner's new book This Is Why You're Fat (And How to Get Thin Forever) with you. She is so down to earth but very clear with exactly what we need to do to lose weight and inches. Plus she helps us understand why it isn't our fault that we are fat, but it is our fault if we stay fat!

Food Inc. - The Movie

Food Inc. - The Movie

This movie is one of the scariest movies I have ever seen. I is a real wake-up call for people who don't really pay attention to what they eat. The reason it is scary is because the there is so much that the public isn't aware of. As I watch this movie it reminds me of another movie called Super-size Me. I wrote about that movie on my "Is Fast Food Killing You Slowly Lens". 
The bottom line, is that we need to educate ourselves and be aware of what we are putting in our mouths. Sometimes people just eat to eat without even thinking.