Re-focusing on a Healthier Lifestyle —Training Our Brain

 Re-focusing on a Healthier Lifestyle —Training Our Brain

by | Feb 1, 2023 | Health, Blogs

Re-focusing on a Healthier Lifestyle —Training Our Brain What we can do to help “train” our brain to help us in our weight loss journey?  We’ve said it here before, and we’ll undoubtedly say it again: successful weight loss involves a change of lifestyle. That includes transforming the way we think about food. As children, many of us were either rewarded...

Assessing Weight: Pounds, Percent or Inches?

 Assessing Weight: Pounds, Percent or Inches?

by | Feb 1, 2023 | Health, Food, Blogs

Assessing Weight: Pounds, Percent or Inches? Given the health risks associated with being overweight or having obesity, and because many of them can be avoided or even reversed with weight loss, it is important for all of us to monitor our weight regularly. Obesity is challenging to deal with on many levels. Anyone who has struggled with their weight knows...

Robard Corporation Acquires DiabetesCare.net

 Robard Corporation Acquires DiabetesCare.net

by | Oct 15, 2015 | Blogs

Robard Corporation, a leading developer and provider of obesity treatment programs and products, announced today that it has acquired DiabetesCare.net, an online educational source for diabetes related news, interviews, blogs, and free-to-use tools. With this acquisition, Robard aims to further diversify the information and resources it offers to...

Mindfulness as a Complementary Exercise for Diabetes Management

 Mindfulness as a Complementary Exercise for Diabetes Management

by | Oct 8, 2015 | Blogs

Mindfulness meditation and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can be used across a wide variety of diseases and conditions. Mindfulness is especially helpful as a coping mechanism for living with chronic disease, because it addresses issues of stress thereby helping to improve self-care. I’ve had type 1 diabetes for over 23 years and my 25-plus-year...

How Keeping One Hormone in Balance Can Aid Blood Sugars

 How Keeping One Hormone in Balance Can Aid Blood Sugars

by | Oct 7, 2015 | Blogs

Even though it is a vital hormone, playing an extremely important role in normal metabolic functioning, cortisol has also earned the reputation of being a very dangerous hormone when not properly regulated by the body. It is the outlaw that needs to be reined in and put under strict policing. And since cortisol can wreak havoc on an already compromised...