MEMORIAL HEALTH

tetehsarah — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:03:30 +0000

ARE YOU THE “OWNER” OF DIABETES?

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This includes planning ahead for your healthcare visit as you would any important “meeting”. Your visit will be much more productive if you anticipate the questions your provider will be asking, such as:

How often are you self-monitoring your blood glucoses and what are the results?
Do you need refills of your medications?
Do you need refills of your testing supplies or insulin needles or syringes?
Are you having any foot problems?
Have you seen any other providers (eye doctor, dentist, foot doctor, heart doctor) and if so have you had any lab/blood work done?
If you have had lab/blood work, do you have copies of the results?
Are you having other symptoms especially related to vision, feet, and heart disease?

Your provider will want to check your feet, so be prepared with easy to remove shoes and socks.

A diabetes care checklist is a helpful tool to take to your diabetes healthcare visit to ensure you are having all the proper screenings and preventative care. Here is a list of other important things to take with you to your healthcare visit:

Your diabetic shoes and insoles to be checked for proper fit and wear.
All of your medications, including over-the-counter medications and herbal supplements.
Your glucose logbook and monitor.
If you check your blood pressure at home, take those readings with you, as well as your blood pressure monitor.

Here is a list of issues you may need to discuss with your provider at your health-care visit:

Individual treatment goals
Need for diabetic shoes
Framingham Cardiac Risk Score
Cardiac artery calcium scoring
Insulin pump therapy
Influenza and pneumonia vaccines
Sleep apnea
Depression
Erectile dysfunction
Your fitness to begin an exercise program
Your need for a Glucagon prescription to combat hypoglycemia
The need for diabetes self-management training if never educated or a refresher course if you have already had formal education

HEALTH DEFINITION

tetehsarah — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:12:40 +0000

HEALTH IS RELATED TO FITNESS

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That is one thing that can be easily overlooked. This is a basic fact, but with what the technology and other people have brought us, a lot of people forget to see this.

The definition of health related fitness is fitness done with balance among the development and improvement of the whole body. The definition can be better understood when elaborated.

Activity

For health related fitness, the activity components included are not only for strength, and muscular development and endurance training. The lungs, heart, and circulatory system are also the focal points in health and fitness. The reason for this is to improve stamina, immune system, and maintain good body composition. Health-related fitness reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases and other diseases like cancer and arthritis, and may cure respiratory problems like asthma.

There are lots of activities that can be your favored workout plan. You may choose sports, aerobic any other or exercise work outs. The exercises are much better when you include another exercise that will focus on improving your strength, muscle development and endurance. It will make you less prone to injuries.

When strength training and cardiovascular fitness plans are combined, one will also look and feel younger. This will lead to improved self-esteem. Also, the level of stress and depression will decrease.

If you are wondering about the types of activities that will work best for you, visit a professional and consult with him or her. If you have certain health conditions, it is best if you consult with your doctor first. Aside from cardio and body composition, strength and muscular endurance, flexibility is another important thing that you need to consider. Your fitness health training program should be able to let you enhance your flexibility.

Healthy Diet

Eating proper and balanced food is a must. Your plan including any physical activity may render useless if you do not conform your lifestyle altogether. You are trying to become healthier, so eat healthy food. Your training will let you excrete the toxins in your body, but if you replace the flushed toxins with another unhealthy food, you are then wasting your time, because you will either take a very long time before you get a result, or might not be able to get a positive one in the end.

Also, it is best if you consult with your doctor or dietitian first. They can come up with a diets plan that will work best for you. Especially if you have a certain health condition, it is best to ask for recommendations to make sure your diet plan will not cause another health problem.

As suggested above, cardiovascular training plus strength training plus healthy eating is the definition of health related fitness. Movement and diet must complement each other, in short, opt for healthy lifestyles.

Health and fitness is something recommended to everyone. However, there are different categories that separate the needs that must be met for children, adolescent, young adults, and adults. Being healthy doesn’t need to stop once one reaches the age of 99!

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HEALTH DEFINITION