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 Frequent cardiovascular exercise is absolutely essential for reversing type-2 diabetes," said Mike Adams, also known as, the Health Ranger, who overcame his own prediabetic condition through the use of exercise, dietary improvements and nutritional supplements. "Exercise boosts insulin sensitivity, making the insulin produced by your pancreas more effective and reversing the downward spiral of insulin insensitivity commonly experienced by diabetics who fail to exercise."
Although Santa is hitting the treadmill twice daily, rapid weight loss is not the immediate goal. |
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 This preps my body for the day, allowing me to engage in intense exercise without entering into a nutritionally deficient state.
Remember when you exercise, you place a much higher nutritional demand on your biochemistry. If you do not supplement, then you are not going to get the results you expect from your exercise program. |
| On the other hand, if you choose to supplement with good nutritional products, then you can multiple the results of any exercise program and experience improved bone density, enhanced cardiovascular health, improved mood and emotional health, prevention of cancer and diabetes, natural reduction in stored body fat and many other phenomenal benefits. exercise is the single most powerful medicine for enhancing your health, but if you exercise in a nutritionally deficient state, you're only putting unnecessary biochemical stresses on your body. |
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| Frequent cardiovascular exercise is absolutely essential for reversing type-2 diabetes," said Mike Adams, also known as, the Health Ranger, who overcame his own prediabetic condition through the use of exercise, dietary improvements and nutritional supplements. "Exercise boosts insulin sensitivity, making the insulin produced by your pancreas more effective and reversing the downward spiral of insulin insensitivity commonly experienced by diabetics who fail to exercise."
Although Santa is hitting the treadmill twice daily, rapid weight loss is not the immediate goal. |
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| If you do not supplement, then you are not going to get the results you expect from your exercise program.
On the other hand, if you choose to supplement with good nutritional products, then you can multiple the results of any exercise program and experience improved bone density, enhanced cardiovascular health, improved mood and emotional health, prevention of cancer and diabetes, natural reduction in stored body fat and many other phenomenal benefits. |
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 By "feel bad" I mean their joints hurt or their muscles ache, or even the very first 10 minutes of engaging in exercise seems painful to them.
In this way, they're actually following a natural system of de-motivation, whereby the things that hurt in life are routinely avoided. So there's nothing unnatural about avoiding exercise if it hurts. The trick, though, is to stop being dominated by the short-term pains of exercise, and instead allow future factors to be your positive motivation. |
| I can tell you that exercise is a heck of a lot easier when you're fit than when you're unhealthy. So remember as you begin and as you're working through the first 30 days or the first 60 days: It does get easier. In fact, it gets a lot easier -- it becomes so incredibly rewarding that in time you'll find yourself going to the gym and looking forward to getting on the treadmill and pumping out a few minutes of exercise just because it feels so good.
That can literally be your outcome if you so choose. So remember, use all the motivators you can, even if they sound gimmicky. |
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 Because they figured out that exercise creates free radicals, therefore you won't live as long with all these free radicals in your body.
How's that for twisted logic? exercise is actually bad for you. Of course, many people in America will love this news, because it confirms their strategy for longevity: sitting on the couch and watching TV. Now, they are proven correct by this research! Being sedentary will extend your lifespan, at least if you believe these simple-minded researchers.
As I mentioned, they can only handle single-variable equations: X=5, or X=12. |
| It's even true if you just take nutritional supplements and neglect exercise, because exercise is what moves blood around your body. If you aren't exercising, you aren't distributing the good nutrition that you're ingesting, and it doesn't reach all the cells in your body. Remember that the health of your total system is a reflection of your health at the cellular level. Therefore, if you want to be healthy as a whole person, and have healthy organs, healthy function, and good longevity, then get your cells healthy. |
| At the same time, you have to keep in mind what level of exercise you are subjecting yourself to. There's no doubting that physical exercise can be quite strenuous on the human body. This is especially true if you engage in strength training. It is, in fact, the aim of strength training -- you want to stress your body so that your body adapts, and the way it adapts is by building additional muscle mass in order to equip you with the physical structures you need to better meet those same stresses in the future. |
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| I don't expect anyone to just wake up one day, hop out of bed and say, "Gee, I want to make exercise really rewarding right now!" That's not realistic. You may have to use gimmicks to get yourself into that situation, and it may take literally months of regular exercise before it becomes internally rewarding for you. But that's fine. The long-term rewards are tremendous, and I can assure you it's worth every iota of effort you want to put into it. |
John J. Ratey, MD
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 ABC World News reports that exercise might stave off Alzheimer's disease in rats; CNN flashes stats on the ever-expanding obesity crisis; the New York Times investigates the practice of treating bipolar kids with costly drugs that are only marginally effective yet carry horrendous side effects. What gets lost is that these seemingly unrelated threads are tied together at a fundamental level of biology. I'll explain how, by exploring volumes of new research that hasn't yet appeared anywhere for the general public. |
| Second, social support has a powerful effect on the brain and can both prevent the negative impacts of stress and clear the way for exercise to ramp up the machinery of growth, so keep connected to keep your connections. And third, if you keep at your routine, your system will adjust itself to take advantage of the activity.
Of course, Gould emphasizes that there are limitations to drawing conclusions from animal studies. "Rodents are really different from humans," she says. "If you give a rat or a mouse access to a running wheel, every single one of them will run. That's not true of humans. |
| Remember that exercise itself is a stressor, which activates the HPA axis and may elevate Cortisol. So is isolation. It seems that the cumulative stress of running and being alone elevated Cortisol to such an extent that it prevented neurogenesis from happening— perhaps because the rats didn't have an adequate recovery period. Making matters worse, the rodents were sedentary to begin with, and going from no activity to running several kilometers a day presents a major new stress on the system. |
| Neuroscientists have just begun studying exercise's impact within brain cells—at the genes themselves. Even there, in the roots of our biology, they've found signs of the body's influence on the mind. It turns out that moving our muscles produces proteins that travel through the bloodstream and into the brain, where they play pivotal roles in the mechanisms of our highest thought processes. They bear names such as insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and they provide an unprecedented view of the mind-body connection. |
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| The self-reinforcing motivation system
Now you'll really be on a roll, because the snowball effect kicks in and you become an unstoppable exercise machine. Now each and every workout will be internally rewarding. The pain and the muscle soreness will have faded away, because your body has adapted to regular physical exercise.
You'll start to notice that you feel good every time you workout. This will all result from making a positive and powerful association that is not based on external events. This is the best kind of association you can shoot for. |
John J. Ratey, MD
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| Low-intensity, fat-burning exercise also pumps up free tryptophan in the bloodstream, which, you'll recall, is a necessary ingredient for the production of mood-stabilizing serotonin. This level of activity also changes the distribution of norepinephrine and dopamine. When you look at this in the evolutionary context of Heinrich's endurance predator, it makes elegant sense: while tracking their prey, our ancestors needed to have the patience, optimism, focus, and motivation to keep at it. All these traits are influenced by serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. |
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 Mike: Now, you are well known as a pioneer in exercise -- especially for exercise videos -- could you give our readers a bit of a background on some of the work you've done in the past, and maybe where you're going with it?
Smith: Okay. Well, I started with fitness many years ago -- 30 years ago. When I was in high school, my father died of a heart attack. I was 17; he was 42 at the time. And then my mother was killed in a plane crash about two years later. So right in those teenage years I was going through a really difficult time. I was a junior in college. |
| And then if it doesn't work, or, "I haven't lost as much weight," or, "I can't stick to my diet program," then all of a sudden they stop their exercise program. When you get hooked on the feeling you have after you work out -- that wonderful high you have -- then you keep coming back to it. So it becomes kind of like a very positive addiction.
Mike: Well, absolutely. And there are so many benefits to physical exercise. You mentioned many of them, but I'm sure readers would like to know more. Bone mineral density, for example, is greatly enhanced by the routines that you teach on these videos. |
| Mike: Now, you are well known as a pioneer in exercise -- especially for exercise videos -- could you give our readers a bit of a background on some of the work you've done in the past, and maybe where you're going with it?
Smith: Okay. Well, I started with fitness many years ago -- 30 years ago. When I was in high school, my father died of a heart attack. I was 17; he was 42 at the time. And then my mother was killed in a plane crash about two years later. So right in those teenage years I was going through a really difficult time. I was a junior in college. |
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| Another benefit of exercise is that it helps circulate all the nutrients Santa has been consuming since reforming his diet earlier this month.
"Exercising like this is really convenient for my schedule," explained Santa, who is able to make lists -- and check them twice -- while walking on the treadmill at a steady, comfortable pace. "I plan to do all my Christmas lists this way from now on."
As Santa continues to improve his nutrition and exercise habits, NewsTarget will publish details on the humor index page. You can also follow this story at SugarShockBlog.com. |
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 REPPED: Following weeks of nutritional therapy and exercise, Santa Claus today declared himself free of type-2 diabetes and produced lab test results showing a fasting glucose level of 96 mg/dL – well below the diabetes definition of 126mg/dL. Through the month of December, Santa Claus has been working with a team of top nutritional advisors to reverse his diabetes. Thanks to his determined efforts to alter his diet and commit to regular exercise, Santa succeeded in overcoming the disease and is readying himself for a diabetes-free Christmas where he won’t be eating any more milk and cookies. |
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| This is where a lot of people who engage in exercise go wrong. They think protein is the only nutrient they need to supplement.
Even though proteins important to supplement if you are not already eating a high protein diet, it is far more important to supplement trace minerals, macro minerals like magnesium, zinc and calcium; various vitamins including all the B vitamins; plus vitamins C, D and K. In addition, you need to supplement numerous phytonutrients, which means the medicine that comes from plants. |
| It is only through this superior supplementation that your body can adapt to the physical stresses you have placed upon it through exercise. In terms of bone density, for example, you already know that subjecting your bones to stress causes your body to build stronger bones. This does not happen in a matter of hours. It takes days, weeks, even months to rebuilt bones, especially if you start out with very low bone mineral density. |
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| In fact, it gets a lot easier -- it becomes so incredibly rewarding that in time you'll find yourself going to the gym and looking forward to getting on the treadmill and pumping out a few minutes of exercise just because it feels so good.
That can literally be your outcome if you so choose. So remember, use all the motivators you can, even if they sound gimmicky. And aim for small, incremental improvements in every area of your life. That's the way to achieve continued success in nutrition, physical training, exercise and any transformation you want to make in your life. |
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| Exercise boosts insulin sensitivity, making the insulin produced by your pancreas more effective and reversing the downward spiral of insulin insensitivity commonly experienced by diabetics who fail to exercise."
Although Santa is hitting the treadmill twice daily, rapid weight loss is not the immediate goal. As explained by his team of nutritional health advisors (Connie Bennett, Byron Richards, Mike Adams and Dr. |
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 In the mean time, anyone caught recommending gravity experiences of any kind (including exercise or roller coaster rides) will be arrested and charged with practicing medicine without a license. If you hear of any such offenses, there is a reward of up to $5,000 for turning in your neighbor. Call 1-800-FDA-COPS to report violations in your neighborhood. |
Carol Simontacchi
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 We all know that exercise is good for cardiovascular health. But did you know that exercise has also been proven to relieve inflammatory disease all over the body? Specifically, physical activity has been found to lower levels of several inflammatory markers, including C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, and factor A clotting activity. Of course, if you've been inactive for some time, you'll want to check with your physician before starting an exercise regimen.4 needed help. But don't overlook the importance of vigorous exercise, which allows the body to realign and normalize itself. |
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