1. Diabetes TRIPLES a woman's odds of developing heart disease.
2. Women with diabetes are more likely to die from heart disease than diabetic men are.
3. WOmen with diabetes are at a higher risk because of high blood pressure, lower HDL ( the good cholesterol), and more abdominal fat.
Was there ever a better reason to lose weight, do sit ups and get in shape??
Let's see: I'm a woman, almost 50, with a lot of belly fat.
Granted, I don't have diabetes.
Yet.
And I am doing my damnedest NOT to develop it.
Sits up: there a good thing.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
MORE news
This must be the month for magazines to publish blood values,.
MORE magazine's May 2010 issue has an article titles HOW TO LIVE HEALTHY LONGER.
IT not only lists more blood values you should have checked ( ie If Your waist circumference is over 35 it is danger sign for women) and stats ( 1600 is th enumber of calories that the average woman should eat per day to maintain a healthy weight), but it also lists strategies to curb bad behavior, like eating magnesium rich foods to combat memory loss and the ancillary vitamins you need just to maintain your health.
It's worth reading.
The line that stood out to me the most is the following:
"80% of heart attacks in women are attributed to unhealthy habits - filling up on fat laden food, carrying around excess weight, being a couch potato and smoking."
The way I interpret this statement is that 80% of women could prevent heart attac ks from happening if they, a: stop eating crap; b: got up off their butts and exercised, and c: STOP SMOKING.
80%.
That's 4 in 5 women who have had heart attacks- they could have been prevented just by changing a few simple things.
WOmen can rule the world with information like this. Pass it on to every woman you know and encourage them to read the article.
More to come. ( get it?! MORE to come?!)
MORE magazine's May 2010 issue has an article titles HOW TO LIVE HEALTHY LONGER.
IT not only lists more blood values you should have checked ( ie If Your waist circumference is over 35 it is danger sign for women) and stats ( 1600 is th enumber of calories that the average woman should eat per day to maintain a healthy weight), but it also lists strategies to curb bad behavior, like eating magnesium rich foods to combat memory loss and the ancillary vitamins you need just to maintain your health.
It's worth reading.
The line that stood out to me the most is the following:
"80% of heart attacks in women are attributed to unhealthy habits - filling up on fat laden food, carrying around excess weight, being a couch potato and smoking."
The way I interpret this statement is that 80% of women could prevent heart attac ks from happening if they, a: stop eating crap; b: got up off their butts and exercised, and c: STOP SMOKING.
80%.
That's 4 in 5 women who have had heart attacks- they could have been prevented just by changing a few simple things.
WOmen can rule the world with information like this. Pass it on to every woman you know and encourage them to read the article.
More to come. ( get it?! MORE to come?!)
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Clicking
Okay, so I got on the stairmaster at the gym and lo and behold: I clicked.
Every single time my legs went in the rotation, clickclickclick!
Lucikly, I was the only person in the workout room at the time, so I was saved from embarrassement, because the clicking was LOUD.
Tornado-sounding loud!
I figured out that my body does not like that go-around motion, kind of like the rotation your legs make when they ride a bike, only this is stationary on the stairmaster machine. SO then I tried the climbing machine, which looks like a small staircase that keeps revolving up and down so that you have to continuously climb stair.
Guess wht?
Yup!
CLICKCLICKCLICK.
I'm telling you ,machinery hates me!
Oh well, I'll stick with the treadmill for now.
I only pant on that from being out of breath. No clicking.
Every single time my legs went in the rotation, clickclickclick!
Lucikly, I was the only person in the workout room at the time, so I was saved from embarrassement, because the clicking was LOUD.
Tornado-sounding loud!
I figured out that my body does not like that go-around motion, kind of like the rotation your legs make when they ride a bike, only this is stationary on the stairmaster machine. SO then I tried the climbing machine, which looks like a small staircase that keeps revolving up and down so that you have to continuously climb stair.
Guess wht?
Yup!
CLICKCLICKCLICK.
I'm telling you ,machinery hates me!
Oh well, I'll stick with the treadmill for now.
I only pant on that from being out of breath. No clicking.
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