Diabetes Management Program for Myself

Diabetes Explained

There are basically two types of diabetes, type I and type II. Type I diabetes is a disorder in which your body does not properly producing insulin. Type II diabetes, which accounts for 95% of the diabetic population, is a disorder in which your cells are resistant to insulin. Insulin is the hormone that helps to transport sugar from the bloodstream into the cells. With type II diabetes, your pancreas is still producing insulin but the cells will not accept the insulin.

Danger of Diabetes

When sugars are unable to transition into the cells from the bloodstream, the amount of sugar in the blood stream becomes elevated.  Elevated sugars in the blood stream cause the blood to become thickened.  As you can imagine, thickened blood does not travel well through the arteries. This impeded circulation reduces the cells access to nutrition and can lead to cellular dysfunction or death. Because elevated blood sugar thickens all circulating blood, diabetes has the ability to negatively impact every tissue of your body.

Don’t Be A Statistic

Unfortunately, diabetes can have long reaching health effects ranging from loss of vision and limbs to heart attacks and strokes. Below are listed just a few of the daunting statistics associated with diabetes.

• Heart disease death is two to four times higher in diabetic populations than nondiabetic populations.
• Risk for stroke is two to four times higher in those with diabetes.
• Diabetes is the leading cause of new onset blindness.
• Diabetes is a leading cause of kidney failure.
• 60% of all non-dramatic amputations occur in diabetics.
• 60 to 70% of diabetics have mild to severe nervous system damage.
• Diabetic’s medical costs are 2-3 times higher than those without diabetes.

Is Your Diabetes Under Control?

Blood Sugar

Normal fasting blood sugars, for those without diabetes, should be between 70 and 100. For diabetics, the value should be 70 to 130. Following meals, a blood sugar of 180 or less is desirable.

What’s Your A1-C?

Your A1-c value is a measure of how well your blood sugars are being controlled over a three month average. Normal ranges are considered 4% to 5.6%. Prediabetic range for A1-c values are 5.7% to 6.4%. A1-c values over 6.5% indicate diabetes. Values less than 7% are desired for keeping diabetes under good control.

Fortunately There is a Solution

Vast amounts of research now show that diabetes can be brought under control by making lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise.  Our special program is designed to improve your health and reduce the risk factors associated with diabetes.  Getting control of your diabetes is easier than you might think.

In patients with type II diabetes, significant improvement in A1c values and better glycemic control can be achieved by a regular exercise program as an intervention.
– Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 2010

Studies show a consistent trend that lifestyle changes are about as effective as drug therapy in delaying or preventing type 2 diabetes.
– American Diabetes Association Statement

You Have Everything to Lose

The research is overwhelmingly clear. Great diabetic care and rehabilitation will significantly improve your survivorship and reduce your risk for developing comorbidities such as heart attack, stroke, vision loss, etc. Our specialized diabetes program will also help you greatly improve your mood and quality of life. Diabetes, as with aging, does not need to be accepted as an automatic decline in function. There’s no need to give up participation in your favorite activities and sports. You have choices and options available to you to help achieve the lifestyle you deserve.

Where Should I Begin?

Making changes to your lifestyle can seem like an overwhelming task.  Our program, however, makes it easy.  We will help you to improve your activity levels and alter your diet in a manner that is not offensively invasive. Our goal is to make sure that you adopt a healthy lifestyle the lasts a lifetime.  In order to do this, it is important that we do not try to turn you into someone that you are not.  Our program is one of minimalism.  In regard to exercise, we encourage a minimal amount of exercise to achieve maximum results. With your diet, we let you continue to eat most of your normal foods and simply try to make small changes to help ensure improved health.

Maximum Results with Minimal Invasion

Our program is designed to achieve maximum results in the least invasive way possible.  We believe that for you to truly succeed in changing your lifestyle the change must be as minimal as possible. If we try to dramatically alter your life in a radical fashion, we know that we will fail to achieve positive results. Your program will be individually designed to suit your needs.

What Our Program Includes

Education

• Learn proper nutrition to keep your blood sugar under good control.
• Learn why 45 to 55% of your diet should be carbohydrate.
• Learn why you do not have to give up all the food that you love.
• Learn how exercise helps your cells to be more receptive to insulin.
• Learn the nutritional significance of protein, fat, and carbohydrate.
• Learn the proper percentages of carbohydrate/fat/protein to consume daily.
• Learn eating frequency and food combinations to improve blood sugar levels and increase satiety.

Coaching

• For weight loss assistance.
• For diet adherence.
• For motivation.

Exercise

• Maximum benefits achieved from exercise with minimal time investment.
• Exercise program individualized to meet specific needs, goals, and function.
• Aerobic exercise prescribed to achieve a cardiovascular training affect (i.e. to make your heart healthy).

Medication is not a Cure for Diabetes

Medications can be immensely valuable in the treatment of diabetes but they are not the solution.  The solution to the treatment of your diabetes is to alter your lifestyle.  After all, if you have type 2 diabetes, it is most likely due to improper diet and exercise.  Doesn’t it make more sense to address the root causes of your problem instead of treating the problem with medications that have negative side effects?  After all, you would not take your car to a mechanic to have him put duct tape on a leaky hose.  You would expect a mechanic to replace the hose as that is the proper solution to the problem.  Shouldn’t you treat your most important asset, your body, with the same manner of concern?

Diabetes Medication Side Effects

Did you know that all medications have side effects? Are you aware that many diabetic medications can make you feel lethargic, increase your appetite, make you feel ill and promote weight gain? This can be very counterproductive to making positive lifestyle changes and controlling your diabetes. Medications can also greatly impair your quality of life. Our program is designed to help you make fundamental changes that will allow you to eliminate or greatly reduce your dependence on medications.

Eliminate Costly Medications

There is an excellent chance that our program can help you eliminate your dependence on medication for diabetes.  Our program will save you money, eliminate negative medication side effects and greatly enhance your health and quality of life.

Covered by Insurance

If you have PPO insurance, Medicare, or military insurance then our program will be covered under insurance.  HMO patients will need to call us to check for coverage as we are not contracted with all the HMO insurances.

No Insurance. No Problem

We also offer cash-based programs. Were continuously working to improve our price point to help make our programs are affordable for all clients.

Start Today

Please do not wait for a serious health concern to strike before you reach out for help. Our easy-to-follow program can make an immediate impact on your diabetic condition  and alter your diabetic status in as little as a few months.