Cut the Fat to Reduce Risk!

Excess abdominal fat is associated with increased risk for developing diabetes, cholesterol disorders, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.

Me? Exercise? .......Yes!

Regular moderate exercise can prevent the top diseases: heart disease, cancer, stroke, lung disease, accidents, diabetes, influenza, pneumonia and septicemia, Alzheimer's disease and kidney disease.

Complications of Diabetes

Diabetes can lead to kidney disease and failure, foot complications and amputations, skin infections and poor wound healing, depression, sexual dysfunction, pregnancy complications, birth defects, dental disease, heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure.

What? I Need to Move? Hm-m-m-m

Physical activity is essential for the body and mind. It optimizes your weight, strengthens your heart, bones, and lungs, and improves your mood, health and longevity.

Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes?

Risk factors for type 2 diabetes are being overweight or obese, family history, lack of physical activity, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, history of vascular disease, history of gestational diabetes, delivery of a baby weighing over 9 pounds, being over forty-five.

So True!

"If food doesn't provide the right combination of nutrients and macronutrients (protein, fat and carbohydrates) then eating can be like putting sugar into a gas tank." Jonny Bowden PhD, CNS

Yikes! Look at This Statistic!

Type 2 diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States.