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Located at Livestrong.com

• How to Stretch the Plantar Fascia & Achilles Tendon
• Workout Program for Resistance Tubes
• How to calculate how many calories to burn to lose weight
• How to use a heart rate monitor to lose weight
• Exercise for Spondylosis
• How to Correct Posture & Strengthen Back Muscles
• Exercise to Stretch Out Your Shins
• Hamstring Flexion with Ball Exercise
• How to Rehab a Shoulder Injury
• How to Figures Max Heart RAte
• Exercises for Lower Back Strain

Located at eHow.com

• How to Wrap a Knee for Patellofemoral
• Why Do Arch Supports Make My Knees Feel Better?
• Does Having Pancreatitis Cause High Triglyceride Levels?
• Styrofoam Tube for Rehabilitation Exercises
• Effects of Type 2 Diabetes on a Family

Exercising in the Heat of Summer

We are all aware that exercising in the heat can cause dehydration and increase our core body temperature.  Understanding what happens in the body during this process can help us avoid these un-healthy consequences. 

When your body temperature rises, you begin to sweat.  That sweat is then evaporated off of your skin to cool you down.  The hotter you are, the more you sweat.  Sweat is water, which is a vital component of your body.  The more you sweat the more water you lose and you become dehydrated. 
Water is vital for many chemical reactions that occur inside your cells, including the production of energy for muscle contraction. Therefore, dehydration decreases exercise performance, causing you to work harder to perform the same workout than when you are properly hydrated.

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Eat Mindfully

In an ideal world, the natural cues of hunger, fullness and pleasure would guide us toward what the body needs, and our knowledge of nutrition would steer us toward our long-term health goals. In reality, what we eat is shaped by countless cues outside our conscious awareness, and even the best food plan can be derailed by stress.

The result? Mindless eating: what, when and how much we eat runs counter to both the body’s true needs and our own health goals.

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Exercise: Kneeling Heel Touch

Try this exercise to strengthen your core and your legs all at once!

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Many patients with diabetes not aware of dangers of hot weather

New survey results reveal that one in five patients with diabetes would not take precautions for their diabetes until temperatures exceeded 100 degrees.

“Most patients incorporated appropriate personal measures such as staying indoors (60%), additional fluids on schedule (56%), applying sunscreen (45%) and wearing protective clothing (45%),” Nassar said. However, 36% of patients leave medications or supplies at home when going out in the heat, despite knowing that they should protect their diabetes medications and glucose-testing supplies from heat exposure, she said.

Three-quarters of respondents reporting receiving information about the harmful effects of heat on insulin, but fewer knew about the adverse effects of heat on oral diabetes medications (39%), glucose meters (41%) and glucose test strips (38%).

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