Diet & Fitness For Husband?

Question

My husband just got back from the doctor who advised him that his blood sugar was a little high I believe he said 96? He doesnt have an opportunity to exercise since he works graveyard shifts and mandatory 13+ hours a day driving a truck and when he comes home he is just wooped. He has changed his diet considerably, he is only eating meats and salads. His favorite is chicken, and he likes to grill it and then put it into his salads. I dont know how to tell him that he needs to somehow squeeze exercise into his daily routine.

Answer 1

When you figure out how he can squeeze enough exercise into his day you let me know.... I need it too.

Answer 2

All he needs is 20 minutes of aerobic exercise 3 times a week. He can do that and not miss any sleep. Run 2 to 3 miles every other day, no problem. And he can do some situps and pushups before he runs. That's all you really need to keep fit if you're eating a balanced diet. At the most that would come to an hour and a half total per week. It works great for me, and it will for him too!

Answer 3

i work 2 jobs and i just get up earlier i know it's hard but if he can just try 30 min a day walking or some other cardio exercise he will feel much better he could even try to walk during his lunch hour or when he gets home before he does anything he should walk around the block a few times even if it is only3x a week he already half way there by changing his diet... good luck

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Here's my input from a man's perspective. Ultimately, he's gotta want to get healthier himself, or no change is going to stick. All men and women make time for what's important to them...that's just a basic rule of human nature.

When exercise becomes important to him (either from external pressure, like the doc, or from internal pressure, he's sick of feeling whooped and lethargic), he'll adjust his life to fit something in.

I've worked 13+ hour days myself, and I know it can make exercise the last thing on the docket when you get home. But here's the thing...if he fit 30 minutes of exercise in the minute he got up (whenever that is, with him working graveyards), after 7 days I guarantee he's not going to feel as whooped when he finally gets home.

He's going to be more alert on the road, he's going to get his blood sugar back in line, and he's going to feel 110% better.

But he's gotta believe that first.

Answer 6

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I think that diabetes is a chronic disease (the system asserts that you could reverse your diabetes in 3 weeks) but that said the book is very interesting and "inspiring". It's always good to have different perspectives. Check it out I'm sure you'll find interesting too.
Hope it helps.

Answer 7

How many days a week does he work?

Even if he can take a brisk walk for 30 minutes or so five days a week, that would help.

Answer 8

try like when hes just sitting in a truck or something to like lift his legs and stuff and lift a light weight in his arms while hes waiting at a red light or something... just simple stuff like that. move around. try to do more than just be a stationary person.

Answer 9

I advise him to increase his sexual output.

Answer 10

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HOW It Works

Researchers believe bitter melon may lower blood sugar by increasing the activity of hexokinase and glucokinase, enzymes in your body that convert sugar into glycogen, which can be stored in your liver and used later for energy. Researchers aren't sure how bitter melon affects cholesterol.

Evidence

Asian researchers have published a handful of anecdotal and clinical studies on bitter melon's blood-sugar-lowering effect. Research on its ability to reduce cholesterol is even more limited.

A two-day Indian study published in 1999 examined bitter melon's effect on 100 people with type 2 diabetes. On both days, researchers tested the participants' blood sugar levels in a fasting state and after drinking glucose. Participants took 150 to 200 mi of bitter melon extract on the second day. That day, researchers found that 86 percent of the participants experienced an average 14 percent drop in blood sugar after fasting and after drinking glucose.

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In a study in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology in 2000, rats fed a high-cholesterol diet with a 1 percent bitter melon solution for 14 days had a 22 percent lower total cholesterol level and a 27 percent higher HDL ("good") cholesterol level than the control group. Rats who were fed a 3 percent bitter melon solution had a 29 percent lower total cholesterol level compared to the control rats.

How to Take It

Robert Rister, an herbalist in Granger, Texas, recommends fresh bitter melon, available at many Asian grocery stores. Look for one that is pale green or yellow (orange ones are too old). Rister suggests that you slice the unpeeled fruit lengthwise, remove the seeds, cut it into thin slices, and steam or boil them until the fruit is tender enough to cut with the edge of a spoon. Place the fruit with ran equal amount of water in a blender and puree for two minutes. Drink 1/4 to 1/2 cup once a day. Or substitute bitter melon juice, found in Asian groceries. Look for the liquid extract in natural food stores; take 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon up to three times daily.

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herb that has been used for thousands of years in Chinese medicine has been proven to help reduce blood sugar levels, new research from Australia has claimed.

Australian, Korean and Chinese scientists at the Garvan Institute in Sydney have found that a plant extract called berberine can aid insulin in lowering blood sugar levels in diabetic mice.

Berberine is found in the bark and roots of a number of plants used in Chinese medicine, and is commonly used to treat wounds or diarhoea.

However, it had previously been noted that berberine boasts a glucose lowering effect on people suffering from diabetes, although until now the reasons behind this have been unknown.

Dr Jiming Ye, a scientist at the Garvan Institute said: "Our studies in animal models of diabetes show that berberine acts in part by activating an enzyme in the muscle and liver that is involved in improving sensitivity of the tissue to insulin - this in turn helps lower blood sugar levels. In addition, it seems berberine can help reduce body weight."

At present drugs such as metformin and the TZD group of drugs are used to treat diabetes.

However, these drugs have been known to cause side effects, with many patients unable to tolerate metformin, while TZD's have been found to cause weight gain.

Professor James, head of the Garvan's Diabetes & Obesity Research Program, said: "Berberine has been used for decades, if not centuries, with few reported side effects. Given the limitations of existing medicines we are excited to have evidence that berberine may be a helpful new treatment for type 2 diabetes."

Cinnamon has also been found to be effective in lowering blood sugar levels, as a compound found in the spice, MCHP (methylhydroxychalcone polymer), is believed to mimic the properties of insulin.





But I you cant he works for ever just try to get him eating correctly and if that doesn't work consult a specialist for a sugar lowering drug. I am sorry that he works so much.


Make eating fun for him. Trying spicing up his salads with strawberries, nuts, beans, etc. He will never be well if the feel eat badly and he doesn't. With the chicken try nonfat or lowfat italian dressing on a indoor electric grill (worth its weight in gold) and freezing them or fridge wrapped in foil and microwave and serve to cut time out.

And have sex everytime you can it is signifigant exerscise.