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Ways to Maintain Healthy Blood Sugar Levels

Ways to Maintain Healthy Blood Sugar Levels
Insulin sensitivity and insulin resistance Your metabolic health depends, in large part, on your body’s ability to maintain blood sugar (glucose) levels in a relatively narrow range. And when blood sugar rises above the healthy upper limit, as happens after a meal, to bring blood sugar back into the healthy range in short order. The…
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Eating Foods with High Satiety Might Limit Snacking and Reduce Caloric Intake

Eating Foods with High Satiety Might Limit Snacking and Reduce Caloric Intake
What’s the difference between satiation and satiety? Satiation occurs during a meal and brings eating to an end. Satiety refers to the sensation of fullness between periods of eating and tends to limit eating until the next meal. Eating foods that have high satiation and/or high satiety might limit overeating and snacking, reduce caloric intake,…
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Lose weight? Build cardiorespiratory fitness?

Lose weight? Build cardiorespiratory fitness?
What is the point of losing weight? Do you want to lose weight to become more physically attractive? Or to fit into your existing wardrobe more easily? Or to improve your overall health? If your main reason is to improve your overall health, losing weight is probably not your best bet for two reasons. First,…
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Three Flavors of Forgiveness

Three Flavors of Forgiveness
Types of forgiveness Forgiveness of others refers to pardoning someone for the other person’s transgressions and letting go of retribution. Self-forgiveness refers to acknowledging one’s responsibility for a transgression then releasing self-condemnation. Divine forgiveness acknowledges that God (or some other expression of a higher power) forgives completely one’s transgressions. Other forgiveness and emotional well-being Does…
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