Clinical Pearls on Sleep, Acupuncture and Managing Diabetes

Information to Improve Your Quality of Life

Acupuncture for Older Adults Relieves Depression, Anxiety, and Stress and Improves Immune Function

This study brings good news to older adults suffering from stress, depression and anxiety. Researchers at the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology in Brazil administered 6 acupuncture treatments to both young and older adults. The findings were quite surprising and convincing. Not only were the treatments able to reduce the effects of these psychological states, but they also increased the proliferation of T-cells, which suggest that acupuncture enhances immune function. The bonus? No side effects!

To find out more about strategies for building immunity, check this out.

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Are You Getting Enough?

Sleep that is! According to a study published in the journal Sleep individuals who get either more or less than 7 hours of sleep, including naps, have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease. I think intuitively most of us know we need a good 7 hours sleep a night  to function well, physically and mentally. Unfortunately, it isn't often that North Americans get that much. In fact most Canadians run on far less than that, which can have serious repercussions in the workplace.

For quick tips that may help with both quality and quantity of sleep read more...

Diabetes and Diet

Diabetes is a life threatening illness impacting thousands of Canadian each year. It affects quality of life and can lead to serious consequences like cardiovascular disease, stroke, amputation, blindness, kidney failure, and dementia. This is not a disease to be taken lightly. Unfortunately, many people are walking around today with undiagnosed blood sugar problems. And those that are diagnosed rely heavily on medication to control their blood sugar.

But drugs help control blood sugars and insulin resistance only so far and over time may need to be augmented with more powerful chemicals. Diet and exercise should be the first steps in controlling sugar levels. In light of this fact, Beth has developed a complete menu plan for those wanting to balance their sugar levels and control the progression of diabetes. This is a full service menu plan for one month and includes shopping lists, delicious recipes for two and incremental training in understanding Carb Counting, Menu Planning, and Food Choices. This four week program takes you from preplanned menus to explaining simple, easy ways to plan your own healthy meals. By the end of the four week program you will:

• Have a collection of recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.
• Learn how to quickly survey a recipe for its suitability, caloric content, and Carb Count.
• Develop a simple method for choosing and planning meals.
• Create charts for shopping and meal planning.
• Be able to quickly and easily make delicious, sugar balancing meals in 30 minutes or less.
• And more.

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