Wellness Thoughts: Blood Sugar Metabolism

Put very simply: When we eat a meal the glucose (sugar ) enters our blood stream to be transported to our cells for their use. This blood glucose signals our pancreas to release insulin. Each of our cells have receptors on them that act somewhat like a door. The insulin is what "opens the door" to allow glucose to actually enter the cell. If the receptors (doors) on our cells are damaged, or if there is not enough insulin, or if the blood sugar levels are constantly high (due to high dietary sugar intake) our pancreas may become overworked and not be able to keep up with the insulin production. This can result in hypoglycemia (hyper or tired/irritable highs and lows) and this can easily progress to diabetes.

It is important to provide essential nutrients to ensure healthy glucose "doors" on our cells. We must choose our diet very carefully. Decrease simple carbohydrate intake (sugar, bread, sweets, dairy products, soda, alcohol, commercial juices, refined and processed foods, white flour products, etc.) and increase complex carbohydrate intake (whole grains, legumes, vegetables, etc.) for balanced blood sugars and sustained energy.

We eat much too much sugar...it's in everything! Choose wisely! Important note: do not reduce sugar with artificial sweeteners as these are neurotoxins ( toxic to our brain and nerve cells) and extremely detrimental to our health. Do your homework on these chemical concoctions before using them!

Drink eight glasses of pure water daily. Eating and sleeping on a routine makes it easier to control blood sugars. Regular exercise is very important to improve blood-sugar management.

What Can help You Manage Blood Sugar Metabolism?

These Shaklee supplements can help you maintain health, normal blood sugar levels:

• Glucose Regulation Complex: helps promote blood sugar levels from a unique blend of minerals, botanical extracts and antioxidants.
• B-Complex: a naturally balanced nutritional formula whose primary function is to enhance energy production and nervous system integerity. Helps to control the STRESS in your life. Allows adrenal-pancreas-liver balance of blood sugar.
• Cinch product line: improves insulin sensitivityand neuro endocrine response to thyroid hormone, burns body fat and increase lean muscle mass, approaches body balance in a new and natural way, improves energy to begin an effective weight program, which is needed by many.
• Omegaguard: prevents vascular degeneration and improves insulin sensitivity.
• Soy Protein: your body needs a continuous supply of high-quality protein. Americans eat plenty of protein, but it is mostly from meat, eggs and dairy sources, which are usually high in saturated fat and cholesterol.
• Vitalizer: is the powerful and convenient approach to complete supplementation providing the best spectrum of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, anti-aging phytonutrients, omega-3 fatty acids, and probiotics, all in one daily serving.

If you would like more information on these products call me or go to http://healthnetwk.myshaklee.com

Wellness Thought: Exercise Break It Up

Do you find it difficult to fit in your recommended 30 minutes of daily physical activity? Don’t think of it as a once-a-day event; instead, break up the time into shorter segments throughout the day. To mix it up try doing different activities for each segment—8 flights of stairs between meetings, a walk around the block at lunch and a deskercise session to get you through the afternoon! Ten or fifteen minutes on breaks, lunch or between floors can add up in a hurry. Start by thinking of activities you can do during the day based on your environment. Next, determine times throughout the day when you can accomplish the activities. Finally, make it part of your daily routine.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email or call me. Until next time have a wonderful, healthy day!  Let me be your GPS to Optimal Wellness... Naturally!  Your body will thank you tomorrow for the good things you do for it today.

Wishing you health and wellness from the inside out,

Lisa

LQ WELLNESS

Professional Wellness Coach

973-383-0955

lisaquinnwc@embarqmail.com

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"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."  ~Jim Rohn~

Are you struggling with excess weight that won't come off no matter what you try?

Do you wish you could have more energy and less stress in your daily life?

Would you like to take charge of your health so you can feel as good as you did when you were younger?

Do you know what you should be doing to feel and look better but would like someone to support you and hold you accountable for making those changes?

I'm here to help! Working together with you, I will create a personalized program that will help you feel your best and reach your health goals.  I'll support you every step of the way to help you achieve lasting changes that will make you healthier and happier. 

Take the first step and schedule a complimentary ½ hour health breakthrough session to find out how an integrative approach to health can help you.

WELLNESS THOUGHTS/ Battle of the Bulge

You may have attained success in your chosen profession or business, but has your success gone to your - - no, not your head, but in the other direction? Has it settled at, around and near your belt line.

That bulge may be a signal of distress! You, have read about, or have seen, the Royal Gorge in Colorado, but there may be a "royal gorge' much closer at home to you than that.

Obesity, a morbid condition of being overweight, is most measurably seen in our children.Studies published in 2004 reveal that the fastest growing population of overweight individuals is children between the ages of 2 and 17. This upcoming generation holds the unique distinction as being the first people in recorded history, with the exception of those after and including Noah, who are not expected to live longer than their parents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently predicted that 42% of Americans could be obese by 2030.

In order to reduce unwanted weight, we must burn more calories than we consume. Our understanding of the role of obesity and insulin resistance has progressed in recent years and has helped us incorporate new approaches to this epidemic problem. Factors that may contribute to this imbalance include: limited exercise and sedentary lifestyle; a genetic predisposition; a high glycemic index diet (i.e., a diet that consists of meals that give high postprandial blood sugar ); weight cycling ( repeated attempts to lose weight by dieting ); an underlying illness ( hypothyroidism ); an eating disorder ( such as binge eating disorder ); natural aging, causing a slow down in metabolism, hormone production, digestive enzyme production and frequently, reduced motivation; stress; insufficient sleep; psychotropic medications; smoking cessation and overeating.

Take courage! You can win "the battle of the bulge" if you will start living the NUTRITION WAY TO HEALTH. I am not going to advocate the practice usually known as "dieting". A diet, in case you hadn't thought of it in this way, is usually associated with some type of disease. You go on a diet because pain and distress are fresh in your memory. You stay on it as long as your memory lasts, then fall off the "wagon" at the first opportunity. This is the case history of "The Diet".

If you need nutritional assistance with your dieting Shaklee has introduced the Cinch Inch Loss Plan, a scientific approach to deliver weight loss and inch loss results. Unlike other diets, Cinch is designed to help users successfully reach their desirable body weight while preserving muscle. Clinical studies actually showed that muscle mass was gained while fat was burned. Cinch products contain the clinically proven ingredient, leucine, an amino acid that helps preserve lean body mass ( muscle ) and protein to help control hunger.

The "famine effect" is : reducing calories in an otherwise healthy but overweight person reducing calories and causing almost as much lean muscle and bone loss as fat loss. Keeping the body from losing indispensable protein has been difficult. Leucine, an essential amino acid found in limited amounts in dietary protein, appears to signal muscle cells to not only hold onto protein but also build new protein when adequate dietary protein is maintained and calories reduced. Nature DEMANDS that you supply the necessary nutritional material material, and neither you nor Nature need to make excuses.

For more information on Cinch Inch Loss go to http://healthnetwk.myshaklee.com/us/en/

Trying to eat a sensible diet can be difficult anywhere, but staying on track at work can be especially challenging.  Let’s face it—not all of your coworkers are going to embrace your desire for healthy eating.  From conspicuous stashes of sweets to periodic potluck repasts, the workplace can be a minefield of excess calories, sugar, and fat.  Add to that the temptation to assuage stress with vending machine treats, and you have the potential for diet disaster.

By making your health a priority, even at work, you’ll reap the benefits of a fitter you and set an example for your coworkers.  In fact, getting them involved in the process is a wonderful way to support each other.  Try organizing a healthy recipe pool at work and occasionally plan a potluck lunch to share your favorite healthy dishes.

Are you struggling with excess weight that won't come off no matter what you try?

Do you wish you could have more energy and less stress in your daily life?

Would you like to take charge of your health so you can feel as good as you did when you were younger?

Do you know what you should be doing to feel and look better but would like someone to support you and hold you accountable for making those changes?

I'm here to help! Working together with you, I will create a personalized program that will help you feel your best and reach your health goals.  I'll support you every step of the way to help you achieve lasting changes that will make you healthier and happier. 

Take the first step and schedule a complimentary ½ hour health breakthrough session to find out how an integrative approach to health can help you.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email or call me. Until next time have a wonderful, healthy day!  Let me be your GPS to Optimal Wellness... Naturally!

Wishing you health and wellness from the inside out,

Lisa

LQ WELLNESS

Professional Wellness Coach

973-383-0955

lisaquinnwc@embarqmail.com

" Our bodies are our gardens - our wills are our gardeners."

                       ~ William Shakespeare ~