Showing posts with label diabetes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diabetes. Show all posts
Brisk walking can cut risk of heart-related conditions
Brisk
walking can lower your risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol
and diabetes as much as running.
Researchers
analyzed 33,060 runners in the National Runners' Health Study and
15,045 walkers in the National Walkers' Health Study.
They found
that the same energy used for moderate intensity walking and vigorous
intensity running resulted in similar reductions in risk for high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and possibly coronary heart
disease.
"Walking and running provide
an ideal test of the health benefits of moderate-intensity walking and
vigorous-intensity running because they involve the same muscle groups
and the same activities performed at different intensities.
"The more the runners ran and the walkers walked,
the better off they were in health benefits. If the amount of energy
expended was the same between the two groups, then the health benefits
were comparable.
"Walking may be a more
sustainable activity for some people when compared to running, however,
those who choose running end up exercising twice as much as those that
choose walking. This is probably because they can do twice as much in an
hour.
8 essential steps to preventing diabetes
1. Get Some Exercise
A good physical workout can help you prevent diabetes in many ways. Regular exercise helps you maintain a healthy body mass index (BMI) and also lowers your blood sugar. Exercise can also increase the sensitivity towards insulin. Aerobics and resistance training are some of the exercises especially helpful in preventing diabetes.2. Increase Your Fibre Intake
Foods with high fibre content like apples, bananas, nuts, seeds and beans can significantly cut down the risk of diabetes. Fibre rich foods can also help lose weight by giving you a feeling of fullness.3. Cut Down on Sugar
Intake of junk food which is high on processed sugars, salt and fat should be kept to the minimum. Home-cooked meals rich in vegetables and whole grains can help you lead a healthy life.Top innovations to treat headaches, diabetes
The clinic’s annual list of the best medical innovations for 2013 includes better mammography technology and new drugs to treat advanced prostate cancer. Leading the 2013 list for innovations is an old procedure that has a new use due to findings in a recent study.
Physicians and researchers at the clinic voted weight-loss surgery as the top medical innovation, not for its effectiveness in reducing obesity, but for its ability to control Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease.
Over the years, bariatric surgeons noticed that the procedure would often rid obese patients of Type 2 diabetes before they even left the hospital.
Dr. Philip Schauer, head of the Cleveland Clinic’s Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, led a study examining this phenomenon, and the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published the results earlier this year.
“Bariatric surgery has been around for a while,” Cleveland Clinic Chief Wellness Officer Dr. Michael Roizen said in an interview.
“The reason it was chosen as the top innovation is because Medicare has broadened its indication for payment, and Medicaid in many states follows Medicare. A lot of the other (private) insurance companies started covering it, so it’s much more accessible.”
The criteria that insurers use to cover the surgery has been broadened because of its effectiveness in controlling
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