An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Sure, we don't want to get sick and need a doctor. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't see your doctor regularly. Along with that apple, you should be including routine physical examinations as a part of your overall health care. Doctors are not the enemy. They are often your first defense against diseases and conditions like diabetes Type 2.
Doctors do not always forecast doom and gloom. When you develop a good relationship with a doctor you trust, that doctor will be your confidant and will guide you through prevention, not just treatment of illnesses.
Running to a doctor only when something goes wrong is not good health care. Your doctor wants to get to know you and your lifestyle. He or she wants to help you maintain your good health, not fix you up after the fact. Diabetes is one of those illnesses that may be prevented, and, when caught early, can be treated and managed.
Many of the signs and symptoms of diabetes go unheeded because we don’t get regular physicals. When a physical exam is performed once a year, your doctor can monitor changes in your body that need to be addressed. Many problems can be caught in the early stages if you have yearly physical exams.
A physical exam usually entails:
Assessing height and weight to determine BMI (body mass index)
Assessing blood pressure
Asking about physical discomforts
Blood work for cholesterol, vitamin D, diabetes, liver functioning (LFTs), and thyroid
Urinalysis
Breast exam and pap smear (women)
Prostate exam (men)
When the blood work comes back from the lab, your doctor may ask you to come back in to review the results. The blood work will show your cholesterol numbers. One of the risk factors for diabetes Type 2 is high cholesterol. The doctor will discuss your numbers and if necessary suggest options for reducing your bad cholesterol which will include diet, exercise, and possibly medication.
Weight is another issue which affects your risk for diabetes. None of us want to hear that we are overweight, but your doctor is doing you a favor by putting your weight into proper prospective for you. Whereas your best friend or the current fashion magazines may tell you that losing weight will make you look good, your doctor will tell you the hard truth - “your extra weight is endangering your life.”
Other medical professionals you should involve in your overall health care include:
Dentist: Unhealthy gums have been linked to health problems in the body. Gum disease can affect blood sugar. If you are diabetic, gum disease can increase complications of diabetes.
Nutritionist: If you want to eat better but don’t know where to begin, a nutritionist can help. Some insurance plans allow for visits to these professionals. Gain the knowledge you need to improve your health.
Have you been to the doctor lately? If not, this is your wake up call. Don’t sit and worry about diabetes; get proactive by getting a physical exam. Decide today to protect your life and change your lifestyle – with your doctor's help.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Cornfield Mazes: A Maize Colored Maze of Maize
Wow! Maize is corn. Maize is yellow. One gets lost in a maze. Now, combine the three meanings of this homophone. Lost in a maize colored maze of maize? Surely this would not be for a claustrophobic or the directionally challenged such as myself.
First started in Philadelphia in 1993, the maze has become a popular and financially sound (hopefully, if marketed well enough) investment for the farmer. If you haven’t visited a maze yet, I hope this article encourages you to seek one out this Halloween season.
Each year around this time, the teens and young people at our church begin to talk about going to the maze. Because it has become so popular our church has now extended its yearly outing to anyone in the church that is accompanied by a parent. No one, but me, wants to miss the maze outing. I’ve never thought this was at all interesting. Why would someone want to go out into the cornfields and trample around? Having a need to be prepared and not wanting to be outdone, I began to research this new thing; the maze.
The Philadelphia maze started as a fundraiser for the victims of the flooding in that area. The maze was awarded the “World’s Largest Maze” in the Guinness Book of Records. Mazes are open from September through the Halloween season and the admitting cost is between 5 to 7 dollars per person.
Some farmers make their own maze, but the one our church group attended was professionally done by a maze designer and his trusty GPS. The design was from the Wizard of Oz and was about one acre in length. A farmers cost can be upwards from 5K depending on how big you want your maze to be.
Before we went into the maze we were given a neat picture of it taken from the sky, directions out of the maze, a flag in case you get lost in the maze and instructions to follow while in the maze (do not trample the stalks down, etc.).
Once inside the maze, you are surrounded by yellow stalks. High yellow stalks. The really neat picture in my mind became, well, a maze. Go figure. I could hear kids laughing and running and guessing which way to go. About two and a half hours later, victory sounds resounded as some people had successfully made their way out of the way. Directions - Not! It had gotten dark and no one could read their directions.
I could hear some who had conquered the maze go back in for seconds. I myself was struggling. My partner and I were lost. I’ll never know who it was I suppose, but someone decided it would be cool to grab an ankle through the corn. My ankle! Yikes! Now, it’s a haunted maze. I defied the one direction that I was given. I carefully went towards the sound of vehicles on the road. Straight! I was getting out of there. And I did.
It sounds horrifying, but really, it was like visiting a haunted house. Would I go back again? Absolutely! It was a great experience. There was a couple just entering the maze as we were leaving. It was dark and they, like us, had no flashlights. After they had just gotten a little way into the maze, I gave a blood curdling witch’s howl. I could hear them giggling with feelings I had experienced myself about the time I realized that I was in too deep to go back.
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First started in Philadelphia in 1993, the maze has become a popular and financially sound (hopefully, if marketed well enough) investment for the farmer. If you haven’t visited a maze yet, I hope this article encourages you to seek one out this Halloween season.
Each year around this time, the teens and young people at our church begin to talk about going to the maze. Because it has become so popular our church has now extended its yearly outing to anyone in the church that is accompanied by a parent. No one, but me, wants to miss the maze outing. I’ve never thought this was at all interesting. Why would someone want to go out into the cornfields and trample around? Having a need to be prepared and not wanting to be outdone, I began to research this new thing; the maze.
The Philadelphia maze started as a fundraiser for the victims of the flooding in that area. The maze was awarded the “World’s Largest Maze” in the Guinness Book of Records. Mazes are open from September through the Halloween season and the admitting cost is between 5 to 7 dollars per person.
Some farmers make their own maze, but the one our church group attended was professionally done by a maze designer and his trusty GPS. The design was from the Wizard of Oz and was about one acre in length. A farmers cost can be upwards from 5K depending on how big you want your maze to be.
Before we went into the maze we were given a neat picture of it taken from the sky, directions out of the maze, a flag in case you get lost in the maze and instructions to follow while in the maze (do not trample the stalks down, etc.).
Once inside the maze, you are surrounded by yellow stalks. High yellow stalks. The really neat picture in my mind became, well, a maze. Go figure. I could hear kids laughing and running and guessing which way to go. About two and a half hours later, victory sounds resounded as some people had successfully made their way out of the way. Directions - Not! It had gotten dark and no one could read their directions.
I could hear some who had conquered the maze go back in for seconds. I myself was struggling. My partner and I were lost. I’ll never know who it was I suppose, but someone decided it would be cool to grab an ankle through the corn. My ankle! Yikes! Now, it’s a haunted maze. I defied the one direction that I was given. I carefully went towards the sound of vehicles on the road. Straight! I was getting out of there. And I did.
It sounds horrifying, but really, it was like visiting a haunted house. Would I go back again? Absolutely! It was a great experience. There was a couple just entering the maze as we were leaving. It was dark and they, like us, had no flashlights. After they had just gotten a little way into the maze, I gave a blood curdling witch’s howl. I could hear them giggling with feelings I had experienced myself about the time I realized that I was in too deep to go back.
www.shiftshappen-site.com
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