Month: November 2018

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Type 2 Diabetes - How Lifestyle Changes Can Help You Deal With Type 2 Diabetes!
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One of the hardest parts of being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes is the fact that you have to make dramatic and drastic changes to your lifestyle. If you don’t make these changes your diabetes will be impossible to live with due to the fact that your blood sugar levels will be out of control. After years of unhealthy diets, smoking, physical inactivity, and other poor lifestyle choices, it may be hard to make the necessary changes to manage your diabetes.

Being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes ought to serve as a major wake up call. It is a sign that your lifestyle was harming your body. Over time, your body could no longer handle managing your blood sugars on its own and in many cases this was due to problems such as obesity.

While you cannot cure your Type 2 diabetes, you can take steps to make …

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Top 10 - Healthy Eating Alternatives to All Your Christmas Favourites
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Christmas can be a difficult time of year when it comes to maintaining a healthy diet, managing your waistline and maintaining a fitness regimen. With the holidays fast approaching and inevitable family feasts looming large, here is a list of ways you can continue to enjoy your favourite, traditional Christmas delicacies while getting the most nutritional value and minimal calories from each.

1. Stuffing: Make with whole-wheat bread and cook separate to the meat so it doesn’t soak up any fats during cooking. Add onions and celery simmered in vegetable stock plus sage and spices for flavour.

2. Baked Potatoes: Sweet mashed potatoes or baked parsnips are a great alternative to a regular baked potato. If you find yourself limited to a baked potato, try topping it with yogurt or low fat cream cheese rather than butter.

3. Gravy: Instead of gravy mix or canned gravy, use natural …

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