Q: I was recently diagnosed with diabetes and need to lose weight. Any suggestions?
A: Without a doubt, diabetes can be as damaging to your health as an annoyed anaconda. But if you can hit these goals, you'll decrease the aging effects of diabetes by 80 percent—maybe even more.
- Avoid all white food (we're talking icing and white bread, not cauliflower)
- Walk 30 minutes a day no matter what
- Measure your waist around your belly button every Sunday. Aim to lose an inch a month
- After 30 days of walking (and not before 30 consecutive days of walking), learn to lift weights and then integrate a training program into your weekly routine
- Get a blood-pressure monitor and take it every Sunday. Your goal: 115/75
- Avoid all sugars, including all high-fructose corn syrup, especially if it's one of the first five ingredients listed on a label
- Have as much fruit (whole, not fruit mixes or canned) and veggies as you want (by the way, Fruit Loops doesn't cut it)
- Eat a half-ounce of nuts (six walnut halves, 12 almonds, or 20 peanuts) eight minutes before each meal followed in four minutes by a glass of water.
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