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Do you need to
lose weight?

Do you have
heart disease?

Do you have
diabetes?  

ASK YOURSELF:

u   How much do I need to lose?

u Have I failed to lose weight before?

u Have I lost the weight, only to gain it back?

ASK YOURSELF:

u Has my doctor told me I have high cholesterol?

u Am I overweight?

u Is there anyone in my family who has or had heart disease?

u Do I have high blood pressure?
 

ASK YOURSELF:

u Has my doctor told me I have diabetes?

u Am I overweight?

u Is there anyone in my family who has or had diabetes?

DID YOU KNOW?

u Being overweight or obese increases your risk for the major diseases--- heart disease, high       blood pressure, diabetes and even some cancers. 

u If you're overweight, just losing 10% of your weight can make a big difference in your health.

DID YOU KNOW?

u Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. 

u It can be one of those silent diseases, where unless you are tested, you don't display any symptoms.

u Some of the risk factors for the disease include being overweight, smoking, having high blood pressure, high cholesterol, your age, and/or a family history of premature heart disease. 

DID YOU KNOW?

u Diabetes can be a silent disease.  You may tend to ignore symptoms such as frequent urination, excessive thirst, extreme hunger, unusual weight loss, increased fatigue, irritability or blurry vision).

u You need a blood test to determine whether you have the disease.  (By the way, if you do have any of these symptoms, contact your doctor immediately.) 

u A fasting blood glucose test will tell your doctor what he or she needs to know on how to advise you. 

What makes some people successful at losing weight?

Do you know what factors you
can control?

What are the risks of having diabetes?

For Weight Loss:  CUT THE CALORIES

Successful people...

1. Ignore their past failures.  They believe they
   can succeed.

2. Are willing to take the time to track what
   they eat. 

3. Set smaller goals to reach the big goal.

4. Plan on indulgences, but know how to set a predetermined amount.

5. Include exercise as part of their plan.

6. Use an approach that works best for them.

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Drawing the Line allows for:

• Easy tracking..

• Making adjustments as each small goal is reached.

• Indulgences since you can see how they fit into your day's intake.

• Tracking exercise and showing how the exercise is helping burn off some of the calories you eat.

• Your following either a low-carb, low-fat or balanced diet, whatever you feel comfortable with and at the same time makes it easy to control for calories.

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For Heart Disease:  CURB THE FAT

What You Can Control...

1. Your weight.

2. What you eat.  Avoid eating too much fat and in particular, too much saturated fat and trans fatty acids.  Eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains.  Eat lean meats.

3. How much you exercise.  The more you exercise, the more control you should have over the amount of cholesterol in your blood.   Exercise helps stimulate the production of HDL-cholesterol, also known as the "good" cholesterol.  It acts like a vacuum cleaner, sucking up the bad LDL-cholesterol, the type that can lead to heart disease.  So the more HDL-cholesterol you have, the better.

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If you haven't had a cholesterol test done recently, it is highly recommended you do so.  A way to know if you have enough HDL-cholesterol is by knowing your TC:HDL ratio (Total Cholesterol divided by HDL-cholesterol).  It's a very important laboratory result. Your ratio should be less than 3.5.

There's another important blood test you should have done.  It's called "CRP" or "c-reactive protein."  It's a measure of inflammation in the body, which is part of the process happening with heart disease.

While your genes can influence how much cholesterol you produce, your diet and activity level have a great influence on your production of both the good and bad cholesterols.  The more total fat and saturated fat you have in your diet, the higher risk you have for elevated cholesterol.

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For Diabetes:  COUNT THE CARBS

The Risks With Having Diabetes:

1. Most people who have diabetes will have other health issues such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

2. High cholesterol and high blood pressure can increase your risk for heart disease and stroke.  It also can set you up for insulin resistance, where even though your body is producing insulin, the cells ignore it and won't let sugar in the bloodstream enter the cells.

3. Too much sugar in your blood can lead to all sorts of complications: heart disease, blindness (retinopathy), nerve damage (neuropathy) and kidney damage (nephropathy).

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Whether you have pre-diabetes, Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes (insulin-dependent), maintaining your blood glucose at near normal levels is imperative.  Most diabetes educators would agree that if you're on insulin, carb counting is one of the best dietary measure you could take to match the amount of insulin you inject with the amount of carbs you eat. 

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