The Healthy Solution

By Brad Chase

Every diabetes patient is different and because of this no change to diet should be made without consulting your doctor. Before making any changes to what you eat, talk to your doctor and take their advice on how you should regulate your diet. Diabetes is a serious disease and you should be very aware of everything you can do to keep it in check. Certain foods will help you to control your blood sugar levels and fruits are one of these food groups. Through careful planning, monitoring, and utilizing you can take the fruit food group and turn it from an enemy into a friend. Monitoring what you eat is one of the most important things someone with diabetes does, and this is especially true of the fruit food group.

If you aren't aware of how you can help to control your diabetes using your diet, you can help to control your blood sugar levels by eating certain food groups or certain foods with sugars in them. While it is important to be careful to not overdo it with your sugar filled foods, a food group like fruit can be a valuable asset to be able to eat, especially when you are having a craving for something sweet. Most diabetics can't eat foods like candy, cakes, etc. because it shoots their blood sugar too high. Fruits are an excellent way to taste something enjoyable and sweet like this, without hurting your body.

People with diabetes often feel that because fruits have a lot of natural sugars that they should avoid eating them. This is not in fact true. Just like it is important for people without diabetes to eat fruits, it is equally important that a person with diabetes receive the goodness that fruits can give you. Fruits are full of vitamins, minerals, and many other nutrients that are important for anyone to have in their body.

While you should be careful with eating fruits if you have diabetes, as they will raise your blood sugar, they do not have to be avoided completely if they are eaten in moderation. Diabetics are encouraged to stay away from things like candy because they are empty calories. Fruit on the other hand will offer you something healthy, while still raising your blood sugar (albeit less dramatically).

It is very important that you monitor your blood sugar levels when eating fruits. Different people will react differently to fruits and while it may take one diabetic two servings of fruits to raise their blood sugar too high, it may only take one serving of fruit to another diabetic to push their blood sugar too high.

It is very important when you are monitoring your fruit intake that you be completely honest and very accurate. If you are lying about the size of a serving or not accurately measuring it could cause you serious trouble as you risk running your blood sugar too high or letting it slip too low.

While the large amount of sugar in fruits can be dangerous for diabetics, when eaten in moderation and monitored properly they can be an excellent treat for that sweet tooth.

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By Aakash Shah

Today in the technological advanced times everybody is working on computers. Even if you are not in IT business you tend to hamper your eye sight to various environmental and other odd reasons. Children working on computers at home or school as well as the working people in different field need to protect their eyes from any possible problem. Sight is the most important of all the senses as per a recent survey which concludes that a huge percentage of what we perceive through all our senses come from our vision.

There are various eye related diseases and problems which can impair your sight. So, you should take into account all the possible ways to protect your precious eye from any disease or problem. It can be done by following preventive methods as:

1. Intake of vitamins and nutrient rich diet:

Having balanced and nutritious diet full of nutrients and vitamins will solve the purpose and you can have healthy eyes forever. There are some specific nutrients associated with our ocular health essential for our eyes. Today people take into account specialized dietary plans to enhance the ocular health. It has been proved by the scientists that nutritional diet can even reverse the age related eye problems as muscular degeneration and various others as well. You should eat berries, pomegranates and cherries in plenty. Include DHA in your daily dietary plan by consuming cod liver oil.

2. Beware of unhealthy foods:

Fats and oils including trans fatty acids are harmful for your eyes. These can damage blood vessels that supply eyes and brain. See the labels of the food items for harmful hydrogenated oil additions. If present quit the food item. It can be in any form of oil - soy, sunflower, corn, palm etc.

3. Quit all harmful things:

You should give away with all the bad habits as consuming unhealthy food, extra straining of eyes. Practice good habits and prevent your eyes from various eye related problems.

4. Give rest to your eyes:

Short breaks are very essential in-between the vigorous sight work. Close your eyes for a while to preserve them and to get relaxed. Do not strain your eyes with stretched long hours sittings. If you are a regular computer user a 20-20-20 rule would work well for you. This means to focus the eyes for 20 seconds on an object kept 20 feet away every 20 minutes of your sitting at computer.

5. Using flat computer monitor:

If you sit infront of the computer for a very long time you should have a flat panel LCD monitor. This would cause less strain to your eyes hence protecting them from various vision problems.

6. Eye Exercises:

The eye exercises tone up the eye muscles to keep their elasticity intact. With continuous exercising you'll notice a considerable difference in the quality of vision. These will also help in reducing eye strain, headaches and make your eyes feel relaxed and refreshed to resume work. There are several simple eye exercises which can enhance your eye sight in a few months time.

7. Physical Protection:

You should wear sunglasses whenever you move outside in sun to protect your eyes from sun glare, harmful rays, dust and wind. A good pair of sunglasses with UV protection is greatly helpful for your vision.

8. Protection from unhealthy surroundings:

There aren't any ways to fight against air pollution and dust in big cities. But keeping the homes clean can do a lot to save your sight.

9. Computer Glasses:

A good and reliable pair of computer glasses may also relieve you from strained eyes. It may help you see well. But it may be bought after the proper eyesight checkup by a doctor.

10. Posture:

Sitting at a right distance from the screen is also a good preventive measure against strained eyes. To lessen the strain, keep the screen 18 or 28 inches from your eyes and at your eye level.

So, keep your eyes healthy by imparting these easy and helpful methods.

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By H. Les Brown

Yesterday I went for my biennial eye exam. I had all the drops and the blinding equipment scanning my cornea and retina. I read the charts so often that I had the bottom line memorized by the time I was finished: O V T C Z 2. Naturally, my eyes were a little worse than they were two years ago, a quarter diopter on the right side, a half on the left. It's part of growing older; it started when I was a teen (my distance vision got all fuzzy), shifted when I was in midlife (I could see fine at a distance but needed the infamous drugstore glasses to read) and now God knows what's going on in there (multifocal contacts work wonders: 20/15 now). Additionally, there are cataracts starting. Ugh.

Vision changes are such an emblematic part of the aging process. Even people with perfect eyesight when they were young now, at midlife, have trouble seeing clearly without some sort of correction. We somehow need to start being less self-reliant as our vision begins to shift. Denial works only so long. For those too proud or vain to accept help, eventually it becomes obvious to everybody that your eyesight is changing and you just can't read the fine print. Then there comes the nervous little laugh as you pull out the readers from your inside jacket pocket when the menu in the dim light of the romantic restaurant becomes totally illegible. Sooner or later, reality strikes.

As you progress into your midlife transition, what once seemed to be a very clear vision of the future begins to get increasingly hazy and unclear. You find it more difficult to see clearly where you're going. You find yourself fixated on certain aspects of your life, and miss some important features of the surrounding landscape that now seem to be coming at you too fast. Where once you were very sharp and on top of all the details, you begin to discover that you've missed some of the fine print and find yourself blindsided by those pesky details. Have you lost your edge? Are you on your way down and out? Will you be able to find your through the rest of your career, or should you prepare for the white cane and the Seeing Eye dog?

Over the course of time, I've mentioned a number of the factors that conspire together to make midlife the most challenging period of a person's life. I can't repeat them too often. Here are two important factors that every man - every person - has to deal with during the midlife transition. First, you need to realize that your life vision changes more radically during midlife than at any other time. You don't change your basic life assumptions easily; they have to shift because they no longer work for you. You discover that the rewards and paybacks that you counted on from your successes fail to satisfy you. The results turn out not to be worth the price you've paid. Like a 'dissolve' on a TV screen, your old fantasy of what the future will hold for you fades and gradually gets replaced by a totally new and different one. You see your future with different - more mature - eyes.

At the same time, the sheer volume of information coming at you, the number of decisions facing you, their severity and the speed with which you need to handle them increases dramatically. Whether or not your mental acuity remains as sharp as it ever was (I think, if you were able to see yourself objectively, you'd find that your midlife acuity would actually be greater than when you were younger), you're going to miss an ever-increasing number of details because there are so many more details coming at you. Because the challenges of midlife have grown gradually over the years, the change in your external world seems hardly noticeable. It feels, rather, like you're just not as capable of handling it all as you once were. In fact, you're undoubtedly more capable now than you were then, only your capacity hasn't (and couldn't have) kept up with the pace of all you've had to cope with.

Once I accepted the fact (years ago) that my vision would change over time, I also came to accept the fact that I needed help with it. I accepted the corrective lenses and the necessity for regular check ups. The same should be said for midlife. Once you accept that you're not Superman (a difficult transition in itself), you're ready to take the next step and look for help handling the superhuman expectations that are being laid on you. Periodic check-ups become ever more critical. That means that you take the time to evaluate where you are and where you're going, what's important to you (and what's not), and to seek out trusted people in your life to serve as your mentors and coaches. You can't - and you shouldn't try to - do this all by yourself.

Next, after you've decided what's really important to you, you need to learn how to prioritize. That means becoming an expert manager for your own life. Why are managers paid more than those they manage? It's not just because they're more capable of organizing their workload. It's mainly because they have the knowledge and skills necessary to know how and when to say 'No!' to their superiors. How effectively can you san 'No!' to the demands that threaten to blur your life vision? How clearly can you see what's really important to you and your future and what's not? Once again, the aging process has little to do with the deterioration of your lfie; as you grow older, you're given the opportunity to take your life to a higher, much more meaningful level than ever before. Regardless of how this new set of 'lenses' looks to the outside world, how clearly you see your way forward during midlife, and the courage with which you follow that path, will determine whether or not, in your own heart of hearts, your life will be a successful one.

H. Les Brown, MA, CFCC
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By Jared Rothe

Do you have saggy skin beneath your jaw? Is the skin there fatty as well, thereby giving the impression of multiple chins? And are all these the cause of depression of your aging life? Well, you don't have to worry anymore because in this age of science and technology every problem has a scientific solution. And in this case the name of the solution is double chin plastic surgery. The precise and technical term of this blessing is Tumescent Liposuction. This is a procedure whereby fat is extracted from the skin beneath your jaw with the help of small incisions.

Is the name and concept of this treatment sounding new to you? Does double chin plastic surgery immediately only make you think of face lifts? Or for that matter chin tucks? Well, it appears like you are pretty educated about double chin plastic surgery but not pretty updated. True that these are also forms of double chin plastic surgery but they are less preferred these days due to the relatively less side effects. We all know that after plastic surgery there follows a recovery period and that this kind of treatment inevitably leaves behind scars. Well, with Tumescent Liposuction these side effects are much less and therefore this is more preferred than the other methods of this treatment.

The biggest advantage of this process is that it uses new technology microscopic instruments for the incisions. This makes sure that the incisions made are extremely minute, further, such spots are chosen for these incisions that don't easily come to the notice of people. And so you don't have to worry about the awkwardness of people becoming aware of the surgery. So you can just enjoy the envious faces of your friends without the fear of being discovered, when you suddenly start flaunting your tight neck and teenage-chin.

Plastic surgery sounds like a boon but on a second thought many people, especially women, get scared at the thought of bleeding. But with this new technique of plastic surgery it is ensured that bleeding is minimal. You'll be subjected to only local anesthetic. Many older patients also wish to tighten their neck and jaw region muscles through this process, and therefore their neck looks like a teenager's.

One of the biggest blessings of this treatment is the recovery period. It is unusually short. The other advantage is that general anesthesia is avoided and so it is not in the least risky!

When it comes to plastic surgery, surgeon and patient discuss beforehand how the face is to be restructured. Some surgeons might even give you the computer image of your face post-surgery.

In today's changing world men are walking shoulder to shoulder with women in the field of beauty. They are no longer shy of looking after their beauty. It is therefore that more and more men today are opting for plastic surgery as well. They too are get their neck and under-jaw tightened to get that euphoric feeling of youth.

The neck and chin region will be bandaged for about a couple of hours and you might feel a bit of pain in the region. But remember it's temporary and above all, the pain is worth it.

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