4 Ways to Increase Physical Activity and Reverse Diabetes

Researchers and health care providers note that increasing physical activity and exercising regularly can have a significant effect on controlling or even reversing diabetes. Exercise that targets blood sugar control is the most effective and this is what the Diabetes Reversal Plan helps you to achieve.

1. If you are sedentary, add a 10-minute walk to your routine everyday, and then increase this to 15 minutes. Each day try to walk a little more briskly to the point that if you are able to jog you can do so.
2. After one month you should increase the intensity of your workout as well as vary the routine. In the Diabetes Reversal Plan a workout system called Tabata that requires just 12 minutes is recommended. Pages 52 and 53 of the report give details of the workout system.
3. Research in diabetes and sports medicine journals note the value of adding some weight training to your weekly exercise and emphasize how much this can improve blood sugar and increase muscle mass.
4. Vary the exercise. If walking is what you are capable of doing, then stick to that, but if your health care provider approves other forms of exercise, like swimming, running, cycling, use of a cardio-machine or anything that adds high intensity, then by all means add it to your routine.

5 Quick Tips to Enhance Your Natural Beauty

1. Give Your Eyes Definition

To bring out the natural beauty of your eyes, use soft yellows, greens, golds and shades of brown. These colors give a more natural look as they work with your natural skin tone to define the contours of the eye. Soft, muted or matte shades are more natural than very shimmery ones.

2. Make Your Eyes Appear Brighter

Curl your lashes. Curling your lashes give them definition and make you appear well-rested and fully awake. Use a heated metal lash curler and if you do not have a self-heated curler available, heat a metal lash curler with a hair dryer on low heat for about 5 seconds. Remember to curl before applying mascara.

3. Hide Blemishes

Dealing with acne blemishes, uneven skin tone or broken capillaries? Apply a small amount of concealer, stipple to blend in with skin and let dry. Set with a foundation or loose powder. Perfect, even-toned complexion in seconds!

4. Enhancing or Adding a Healthy Glow

Use a Mineral Bronzer that's only one or two shades darker than you normal skin tone. Sweep your bronzer on your forehead, the bridge of your nose and the apple of your cheeks. An added benefit of mineral bronzers is that they may also be used over the eyes.

5. Do You Want A Lip Product That Does it All?

For color, protection and moisture, use a Tinted Lip Balm with Sunscreen SPF15. Many women love to use a lip gloss over their lipstick but if you are in a hurry to get out the door, off to play tennis, or shopping an all in one product is ideal. You get beauty and protection in one.

I invite you to visit my website to view these products and enjoy a Virtual Makeover.
-----------------------------
Yvonne Jones is an Skin Care and Image Consultant and her product of choice for 10 years is Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Effects of Stress Management on Diabetes

One definition of stress is "the body's reaction to a change that requires a physical, mental or emotional adjustment or response." It has also been defined as forces from the outside world that impinge on an individual and can cause severe problems. From time to time you will hear someone say that they work better under stress, but that is not an effective strategy for long-term gain.

The effects of stress on people who have been diagnosed with diabetes vary but there is one point of agreement and that stress has a negative impact on diabetics and it is important to practice effective stress management techniques. Following are two areas that stress affects:

1. Stress Hormones Raise Your Glucose Level: When you experience stressful situations your body immediately gets into action to provide you with what it thinks you need to fight off attacks. For example, you breathing speeds up and so does your heart. The body also seeks to protect you by sending more energy or glucose to the muscles. Because the muscles may not be absorbing this added energy the result is that sugar builds up in the blood.

2. Stress Hormones Can Cause You to Gain Weight: In response to stress your body releases stress hormones, and one of these cortisol has been identified as being responsible for increasing the appetite. Cortisol also encourages belly fat, which raises your risk of heart attack.

Stress management includes practicing relaxation techniques like taking deep, slow breaths when you begin to feel agitated. A side effect is that it will strengthen your diaphragm. When possible, get a massage, which could also lower your glucose levels. When stress hormone levels are reduced you will feel less hungry.

In Phase 3 of The Diabetes Reversal Report
the Diabetes Reversal Plan for exercise and physical activity is introduced, which offers a specific approach to target blood control effectively. The Plan includes a workout system called Tabata. I encourage you to learn more about this system and the other strategies by visiting http://www.saygoodbyetodiabetes.com

Your Hands - Do You Give Them the Care They Deserve?

Please indulge me in this brief exercise. Look at your hands. Do they look dry, a little 'cracked' along the fingers, and maybe chalky between your fingers? Now, rub your palms against each other. Is there a nice, soft sound or is the sound harsh a lot like sandpaper? How about the cuticles? Do they look dry and maybe peeling even if your nails are shaped beautifully?

Thanks for completing the exercise. Were you satisfied with the results of the exercise or did it make you realize that your hands could do with a little extra care? You are not alone! Your hands are two of the most exposed areas of your body and take a lot of abuse along the way as they take care of the rest of your body and multitude of tasks you assign them everyday.

It is possible to care for your hands and restore the look and feel by using a 3-step pampering system daily that helps keep your hands feeling and looking renewed, soothed and pampered. Here are the steps:

1) An Emollient Night Cream maintains moisture in the skin and hydrates dry areas
2) The 2nd step cleanses and exfoliates in one step and leaves your hands feeling soft and smooth (remember the sandpaper?)
3) The Hand Cream provides instant hydration to moisturize and condition your hands for hours.

I would be happy to send you a sample of these three products. Please contact me at yjones@marykay.com or y-jones@comcast.net to request a sample. You may view the product and request the sample by going directly to http://budurl.com/ubqy
----------
Yvonne A Jones is a Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant who loves teaching skin care & color cosmetic techniques and partnering with women to develop a skin care program for their particular needs. You can visit her website at http://yvonneajones.com for more tips. You may also visit and shop 24 hours a day at http://www.marykay.com/yjones

Yvonne also writes articles designed for the Home-Based and Small Business professional at: http://www.mysuccesscircleonline.com