(1) Exercise
Exercise is extremely important for a diabetic person. It helps to improve your circulation, control blood sugar, control your weight, strengthen the heart, and reduce cholesterol. The best type of exercises included: Walking, jogging, swimming, or bicycling. Three times per week with 20-30 minute sessions are best. Do not do heavy exercises like weight lifting.
(2) Reduce Stress
Increased stress can cause additional problems for diabetics. Therefore, you should take steps to relax, remain calm, and reduce the amount of stress in your life.
(3) Dental Care
Some diabetic people are very susceptible to infection. Therefore, leading dentists like Roger Levin D.D.S. recommends that you pay particular attention to the care of your mouth. You should brush and floss frequently, and have regular checkups.
(4) Your Feet
A diabetic must pay close attention to their feet. A diabetic’s feet can become easily damaged and infected. This can often lead to amputation. Here is how to protect those feet:
(A) If you are overweight, then reduce your weight to take pressure off of your
(B) Wash your feet well every day.
(C) Keep your feet warm on cold days — A nice foot bath can help.
(D) Inspect your feet for bruises, cuts, swelling, and other damage — everyday.
(E) Wear comfortable — well fitting shoes.
(5) Magnesium for Type-ll diabetics
The mineral magnesium seems to help Type-ll diabetic sufferers. This can help by lowering high blood pressure. One of the best ways to get extra magnesium (and fiber) is by eating fresh green vegetables and salads. You should never take a magnesium pill supplement except under the advice of a doctor.
(6) Peas
A medical study in Denmark showed that the kind of fiber found in peas could help diabetics. This fiber helped by smoothing out the sharp rise in blood sugar after a meal.
(7) Your Lifestyle
A person with diabetics must pay close attention to diet, exercise, weight control, stress, and injuries. This can greatly reduce the many complications that can develop in a diabetic person. By taking all these factors into account, making gradual changes, and listening to your doctor you could greatly reduce diabetic complications.
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Here are 5 ways you can get rid of headache pain fast, naturally, without drugs:
1) Give your eyes a rest. Eyestrain headaches can be prevented by avoiding the circumstances that cause the condition. Reading in dim light, staring at a computer screen, using corrective lenses that are not right for you, or not using lenses when you need them, are among the leading causes of eyestrain. Under such circumstances, the muscles around the eyes contract in an attempt to help you “see” better. The contraction instigates headaches and triggers muscles in the face and scalp to contract as well—all making for a pretty powerful eyestrain headache.
You can prevent eyestrain headaches when you are reading or working at a computer terminal by taking periodic breaks and re-focusing your eyes on some distant object. If you feel eyestrain coming on, remove your glasses or contacts (if you wear them) and dim the lights. Then, keeping your eyes open, cup the palms of your hands over your eyes to create total darkness. Stare into this darkness for about 30 seconds. Then, close your eyes and lower your hands. Slowly open your eyes.
2) Give your muscles a rest. If your work requires that you maintain a fixed position—sitting or standing—for long periods of time and/or if you have poor posture, your muscles, including those in the head, face and neck, are likely to tighten up and in effect “freeze”. This can in turn trigger or aggravate the misery of tension headaches.
To prevent muscle freeze, you should try to vary your position as much as possible. You should also take five-minute breaks at a minimum of every two hours. This will help you release both the physical and psychological tension that could lead to a headache. If you are standing for a long period of time, try to pace a little, tilt your pelvis forward and back, and rotate your shoulders. People who are in a sitting position for long periods of time should occasionally straighten and stretch their spines. Good posture can also help to further reduce the strain of maintaining one position for hours at a time—especially when sitting. You should sit with your shoulders square and your back straight against the back of your chair. Also keep your feet flat on the floor and your knees at hip level.
3) Try hot and cold treatments. While some people have discovered that applying cold helps to ease their headache pain, others prefer heat. You should try both treatments and find out which one works better for you.
To give your headache a cold treatment, wrap ice cubes in plastic and then in a damp towel. Apply the wrapped ice directly on the area that is generating the pain. You can also try applying cold to the back of your neck, the base of the skull and the top of your head. Cold may also be applied by using a damp washcloth which has been in a freezer for at least 10 minutes, or a frozen gel pack which you can find at most drug stores and some supermarkets.
Heat can be applied with a hot-water bottle, a heating pad, or with a hot, wet towel draped across the back of the neck. Another method of applying heat is to sit under a hot shower, with your arms resting on your bent knees, and your forehead resting on your arms. The hot water beating down on the back of your neck and shoulders should help ease your headache pain.
4) Learn to breathe deeply. You stand a good chance or can avoiding a tension headache if you learn to breathe slowly and deeply whenever you begin to feel stress. Most experts recommend breathing through the nose because it carries oxygen more directly to the brain. You should take a deep breath, filling your lungs completely as you inhale to a slow count of four. Hold the breath through a slow count of four, and then exhale to a slow count of four. If you do it properly, you should feel your stomach puff out slightly.
5) Perhaps the best natural way to prevent headache pain is to exercise.
Regular physical activity helps keep your blood circulating through your body, delivering more oxygen and removing metabolic waste more efficiently.
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Diets that are high in fiber usually consist of foods such as pasta and cereals, whole-grain bread, beans and dried peas, fresh and dried fruits, and fresh vegetables, all of which contain plenty of fiber and complex carbohydrates. Such high-fiber foods are good for weight loss because they are more filling and contain fewer calories per gram than high-fat foods. As long as this diet contains a wide variety of low-calorie foods, it can be a safe and effective way to lose weight.
The only disadvantage of a high-fiber diet is that it may cause some initial indigestion and gas. These problems normally disappear in a relatively short time. They can also be effectively avoided in most cases by adding fiber to the diet gradually, and by not consuming an excessive amount of fiber.
Low-Fat Diet Tips
Here are some tips from the American Heart Association to help simplify a low-fat eating plan:
1) Limit your intake of lean meat, seafood and poultry (with no visible fat trimmed or drained) to no more than ounces a day.
2) Substitute meatless main dishes as entrees, or combine with small portions of meat.
3) Use no more than 5 to 8 teaspoons of fat and oils a day for cooking, baking, spreads and salads.
4) Cut back on egg-yolk consumption to three or four per week. (Egg whites are all right).
5) Eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
6) Eat at least six servings of cereals and grains a day.
7) Use skim or 1% milk and other low-fat dairy products.
Limit your consumption of organ meats, such as kidney, liver, heart, and gizzards.
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Herbal Salt Substitutes
One good way to cut down or eliminate your intake of salt is to take advantage of several herbal combinations which can be placed in shakers and used as salt substitutes. Here are two basic herbal salt substitutes:
1) The most basic herbal salt substitute consists of garlic powder, basil, oregano and powdered lemon rind. Place 2 teaspoons of garlic powder and one teaspoon each of basil, oregano, and powdered lemon rind in a blender and mix thoroughly. Keep the mixture in a glass container with the addition of rice to ensure that it doesn’t cake.
2) For a more spicy salt substitute, place 1 teaspoon each of cloves, pepper, and crushed coriander seed, 2 teaspoons of paprika, and 1 tablespoon of rosemary in a blender and mix well. Keep the mixture in an airtight container.
Should You Use Real Sugar Or A Sweetener Substitute?
It’s true that, except for supplying calories and energy, sugar has no nutritional value. However, it is not true that sugar prompts hyperactivity in children or causes diabetes, heart disease, and acne. And while sugar can contribute to obesity, it is much less a factor than fatty foods in causing a person to be overweight. The problem with using sugar is that many people don’t know “when to say when”. Consumed in small amounts, sugar actually provides some healthful benefits. Sugar can help relieve anxiety and stress, induce relaxation and sleep, act as an antidepressant, help heal wounds, and eliminate bacteria. New studies also suggest that small amounts of table sugar might even be safe for some people with diabetes.
On the negative side, sugar does promote cavities, and can cause sudden increases in insulin and blood glucose (although some vegetables, such as potatoes and carrots rank above sugar in ability to spur a quick rise in blood sugar). As mentioned earlier, sugar can promote weight gain if consumed in excess. It can also replace nutritional value when sugar-laden junk foods are a main part of one’s diet.
Unless a medical condition dictates the use of artificial sweeteners rather than sugar, it’s a matter of individual choice. If you do use sugar, do so moderately, and make sure you don’t replace nutritional value for the sake of a “sweet tooth”.
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