Metformin ER to the Rescue
Labels: Alzheimers, dementia, Glucophage, insulin resistance, metformin
Labels: Alzheimers, dementia, Glucophage, insulin resistance, metformin
Think of raw foods as an interesting dietary option that is easy to try and healthful for almost anyone. -- Charles Gerras, feasting on raw foods (no downside, is how I like to think of it. -- ajw)
After I read how fresh produce kick-starts fat-burning, I Googled "Green Smoothies" a term from a raw food website for smoothies made from fresh fruit and veggies. One young woman normalized her weight by losing a hundred pounds on a Green Smoothie fast in a few months. Alex in Colorado, a beautiful healthy Raw Baby, was raised on raw food, including raw breast milk, of course. (picture, below)
With no downside I could see, I tried Green Smoothies in 2007. I had more energy than the Energizer Bunny, zapped back and joint pain, and normalized blood sugars, which had been creeping up, a family problem. I have been overweight most of my adult life, not for lack of dieting, but on smoothies my weight tends towards normal. Eating mostly fresh (raw) food and drinking smoothies I lost up to a pound a day. Eating traditional cooked meals with one morning smoothie, I lost 1 to 3 pounds/wk, for a total of 25 pounds September through November 2007.
On one fresh produce smoothie a day for six months, my brother’s blood pressure dropped like a stone from high to low-normal. My sister-in-law lost 30 lbs.
Strategy is your overall plan. Your strategy for health and reverse-aging is eating more fresh and raw food.
Tactics Because I am always trying to improve and incorporate evidence-based research, I am still working on tactics. My tactic for eating more raw food is Make It Simple / Make It Happen. There is a limit to how many raw salads, however delicious, I am likely to eat daily. Smoothies are my “Salad In A Blender”. Work days I have two; weekends I have one. With about two ounces raw plantain daily in my smoothie for the "second meal effect" I can eat a variety of common cooked foods up to four hours after my smoothie, without blood sugar and insulin swings / reactive hypoglycemia.
I eat more:
* For One Raw Smoothie: Fruit and veg ingredients washed, trimmed, and cut into uniform-size pieces, as for a salad. Rinse frozen fruit / veg and pre-washed greens, then blend all in blender until smooth. If you want your smoothie frosty, use cold ingredients, and about half the produce you use in your smoothie should be frozen.
For one serving smoothie:
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Coach AJ’s® Evidence-Based Health Recommendations “ Prevent Health Problems Before They Start “
Coach A.J.’s Quick-Start 5 Minute Exercise Program®
Simple, Powerful ** InTraining ** with Health Coach AJ®
(Adults need to get their doctor's permission to exercise. Kids should get their Mom or Dad’s permission.)
Get pumped: "It wasn't until I put on more muscle through resistance training that
I was able to keep the weight off -- almost effortlessly," says an exerciser who went
from a size XL adult to a medium. The reason? Muscle burns bodyfat and more
calories *around the clock,* and normalizes blood sugar and hormone levels.
Building muscle requires dietary protein and some special fats called essential
fatty acids.
My Quick-Start program is easy, fun, and gets amazing results. Start on your exercise bike, trampoline, other home equipment, at a gym, up and down stairs, or running on the street in front of your house. One workout takes five minutes a day. You can also exercise more; for example, 2 or 3 five-minute workouts a day are even better than one, but one is enough to start.
Plan A
1) Warm up doing your chosen exercise for two minutes, not at your fastest rate.
2) To stretch calf muscles point toes, hold, point heels, hold. Bend forward to stretch backs of thighs, hold, pull ankles up behind you one at a time to stretch fronts of thighs. Twist left at waist, hold; twist right at waist, hold.
3) Exercise hard for one minute, raising heart rate to over 120 beats per minute.
4) Two-minute cool down: keep moving (more slowly) to allow heart rate (pulse) to drop below 100.
5) Stretch using after-workout stretches, or contact Kathy at StressLess KMillspaw@comcast.net for more stretches.
1) Warm up doing your chosen exercise for two minutes, not at your fastest rate.
2) To stretch calf muscles point toes, hold, point heels, hold. Bend forward to stretch backs of thighs, hold, pull ankles up behind you one at a time to stretch fronts of thighs. Twist left at waist, hold; twist right at waist, hold.
3) Exercise hard for 30 seconds, raising heart rate to over 120 beats per minute.
4) Continue at a slower pace, for about 45 seconds, increasing intensity for 15 seconds, to maintain pulse over 120.
5) As above, continue at a slower pace, for about 45 seconds, then increase intensity for 15 seconds.
6) One or two-minute cool down: keep moving (more slowly) to allow heart rate (pulse) to drop below 100.
Go on about your day, knowing you are burning body fat and the calories from your food at a higher rate. You will feel more energetic, less apt to be moody, and less hungry. You can see the advantage of doing this in the morning before you start your day, and also when you get home from school or work in the afternoon.
YOU ARE DOING YOUR BODY A HUGE FAVOR BY EXERCISING
You can get more exercise going for walks, bicycling, swimming or horseback riding with friends. Learn to use the machines at your local gym. Housework and yard work count as exercise. Be creative; come up with new ways to exercise. But at least do one 5 minutes exercise “interval” every day. Exercising makes you feel so good you’ll want to do more.
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