7 Ways To Cross Diabetes Awareness Month Off The Calendar

November is National Diabetes Awareness month and Fitness Consultant, Katrina McKenna offers 7 ways that everyone can do to become more aware and improve the statistics on this deadly disease.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 25, 2005 —- November is National Diabetes Awareness month. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death (fifth leading cause of death by disease) in America. Diabetes affects over 18 million Americans, that’s 5.9%! Every day approximately 2,200 people are diagnosed with diabetes, with the statistics getting worse each year.

Local Fitness consultant, Katrina McKenna of MetamorFitness, believes we can reverse this trend through education and awareness. Katrina offers 7 things that we all can do to reverse the trend and eliminate the need for Diabetes Awareness Month.

1. Talk to your doctor, if you have diabetes or are at risk for diabetes you must find out as much as possible from your doctor as soon as possible.

2. If you have diabetes, learn how to manage your blood sugar. This is vitally important to reduce the risk of serious complications, such as heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations.

3. If you do not have diabetes, find out if you are at-risk. Find out how you can reduce your risk factors, to prevent or postpone a diagnosis.

4. Donate to the American Diabetes Association, directly or sponsor someone in the Diabetes Walk or the Tour de Cure. Find out more at http://www.diabetes.org

5. Maintain or obtain a healthy weight. If you have diabetes, losing weight will improve your blood sugar control, and if you are risk, it reduces your likelihood of becoming diabetic.

6. Eat a healthy diet. A healthy diet will also help keep your blood sugar stable and helps you maintain a healthy weight.

7. Exercise regularly. Exercise is very important in controlling blood sugar and even preventing diabetes. Exercise is vital tool for a long, healthy life whether you have diabetes or not.
MetamorFitness is a high-end fitness consulting business specializing in training people with or at risk for diabetes and heart disease based Manhattan. MetamorFitness offers in home, phone, online training, and educational teleseminars about diabetes.

For more information contact Katrina McKenna at 646-772-7075 or visit the company’s website at http://www.metamorfitness.com. Find out about the next teleseminar at http://www.diabetesfitnessteleseminars.com.

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