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Winning the Fight Against Brittle Diabetes
I’m close to winning the fight against my diabetes. Yes, I’m brittle. I mean I just heard about this one from my psychiatric nurse. Nobody ever said that. I guess I get lucky with infusion as being my way of managing my diabetes successfully. Infusion is as good as it gets. I already have perfect diabetes after all. I’m looking to win my battle with it, which will be won soon. I had to blow off my class at my job training school because I wasn’t feeling 100 percent. I felt blah from the middle of the night high blood sugars.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
Veganism
I live on a vegan diet. I do not see myself being vegan as everyone else may see. I do not watch what I am wearing or take part in any animal cruelty debates. I do it simply because it has a great impact on my health. By becoming vegan, I have found myself to have more energy and well as feeling better about myself. I found it hard at first because I was so used to eating meat and having dairy products that I found it pretty much impossible. I slowly eased myself off meat then I focused on the dairy products. This will make sure that I do not give up and I slowly work my way up.
By Aliex Anne8 years ago in Longevity
3 Killer Ways to Fire Up Your Workouts
Working out is HARD. It requires consistent dedication to the cause both in and out of training sessions. It also requires variation in order to continue seeing growth and progress. Your body quickly learns and adapts to a training method and after a while, your progress will plateau and you will no longer see the gains that you used to. This is when your workouts need to be spiced up to engage both mind and muscle to overcome new physical challenges. But fear not — I have you covered.
By Rhys Morgan8 years ago in Longevity
Bell’s Palsy
I was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy three days ago. It can occur when the nerve that controls your facial muscles becomes inflamed, swollen, or compressed (I was told it was nerve attacking the muscles in my cheek, that was scary). The condition causes one side of your face to droop or become stiff.
By Beth Holder8 years ago in Longevity
6 Signs That You Have a Gluten Intolerance
"Gluten" is sort of an umbrella term for the proteins found in wheat, barley, and rye. It is naturally occurring, and certainly not inherently evil, but like the word “fat”—one of the main macronutrients in our food—“gluten” has gotten a bad reputation, in part due to some of the widespread gluten myths that people still believe.
By David McCleary8 years ago in Longevity
Weight-lifting vs Calisthentics
In recent times the fitness world has experienced a cataclysmic boom in the number of people delving into it. Being healthy has become (almost) the cool thing to do—with people taking very different approaches. From juice cleanses to fad-dieting, so many people get hung up over the intricate details of food that they end up failing in their ultimate goals.
By Rhys Morgan8 years ago in Longevity
Your Chocolate and Your Dreams
Abstract: Through research using the scientific method, Piper Flewelling and Carolyn Hannigan found the answer to the age old question “does chocolate affect dreams?” Studies have shown that eating chocolate before bed can result in nightmares and other terrible nighttime side effects. Using chocolate, dream journals, and constant test subjects the answer was found: chocolate does affect dreams.
By Carolyn Hannigan8 years ago in Longevity
