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Exercise Harder and Improve Your Mood

Mood improves more after vigorous exercise, researchers find. Vigorous exercise offers more of a mood boost than less strenuous exercise, a new study finds. Researchers compared 11 sedentary people who did moderate and high-intensity exercise. Their mood was assessed before, during, immediately following, and 20 minutes after they did the …

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Intensive Glucose Control and Risk of Cancer

Type 2 diabetes has been associated with an increased risk of cancer. This study examines the effect of more vs. less intensive glucose control on the risk of cancer in patients with Type 2 diabetes. All 11,140 participants from the Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease trial were studied. Cancer …

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Diabetic? Eat Almonds

Consuming a few almonds daily can help combat the lifestyle disease. “It does help in pushing diabetes away,” says Ritesh Gupta, head of clinical operation at Fortis C-Doc Hospital, New Delhi. “It is a healthy source of fiber, protein and calories and has been found to have a positive effect …

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Structured Exercise Controls Blood Sugar

Structured exercise programs comprising aerobics, resistance training or both helps people with Type 2 diabetes control blood sugar levels, and although physical exercise advice by itself does not appear to make any difference, when combined with dietary advice it does.…

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