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Diabetes and the Heat

July 16, 2010 by angishields

Dr. Fitness & the Fat Guy

Diabetes and the Heat

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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy explain how the heat affects people suffering from diabetes. A lot of diabetics and pre-diabetics are sensitive to the heat. It seems that if you have type or type 2 diabetes that the mechanism that regulates your body temperature is out of whack. Diabetics have difficulty sweating enough when their body temperature rises. And when you don’t sweat enough when it is super hot you can overheat. So if you have diabetes stay cool – wear loose fitting clothes and make sure you stay hydrated. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow us on Twitter @FatGuy and @DrFitness6 Be our Friend on Facebook

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Krishnan K, Jo Vonn Givens and Alton Reynolds Share Stories with Eugeria! Radio

March 25, 2010 by angishields

Eugeria

Krishnan K, Jo Vonn Givens and Alton Reynolds Share Stories with Eugeria! Radio

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Born and raised in India, and spending an additional 16 years in South Africa, Krishnan Kalyanasundaram brings a multi-national perspective to his work with seniors in the Atlanta area. Specifically, Krishnan is the Executive Director of Arbor Terrace of Tucker, a 65 bed community that prides itself on exceptional customer service. Krishnan tells us that one of the highlights of his day is eating lunch or supper (or both) with his residents in their 15 bed Memory Care community. He is also very proud of Arbor Terrace’s “Resident Chef” program. Krishnan explains that each month, one of the residents shares a personal recipe, and is encouraged to oversee the preparation and serving of the meal. Sign me up! For a tour of the community, contact Krishnan or one of his staff at (770) 925-9170. You can also visit their website at www.at-tucker.com.

Alton Reynolds wears a multitude of hats! He has been serving in the “helping professions” both on the clinical and business side of healthcare for nearly 40 years. Starting his career providing psychiatric assessments of Navy and Marine personnel returning from Viet Nam, Alton continues to provide these assessments today for seven different hospitals as part of the Peachford Hospital Mobile Assessment Team. Alton confirms what we heard several weeks ago from the Fuqua Center that depression in the senior community is a problem to be taken seriously. When Alton is not working in one of his many businesses, he is teaching teenagers Blues Music History as part of the Mudcatz School of Blues. Alton can be reached at (770) 454-2302.

Georgia Medical Care Foundation (GMCF) helps healthcare providers improve the care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries. Jo Vonn Givens manages GMCF’s Chronic Kidney Disease Initiative. Her goal is to educate providers in specific measures for quality improvement in the prevention and care of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Jo Vonn tells us that, unlike some other diseases, CKD is largely preventable through lifestyle changes. Largely the result of Diabetes, Hypertension and Heart Disease, CKD can be managed or prevented through exercise, diet and a personal support network. Jo Vonn notes that the typical cost for end stage renal failure is in excess of $60,000 per year! Though her organization primarily deals with physicians and their practices, resources are available to anyone that is interested. Contact JoVonn at (678)527-3678, or visit the GMCF website at www.gmcf.org.

Diabetes and Frozen Shoulder Pain Connection

January 11, 2010 by angishields

Dr. Fitness & the Fat Guy

Diabetes and Frozen Shoulder Pain Connection

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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy explain the connection between frozen shoulder pain and diabetes. Frozen shoulder happens when you just can’t move your shoulder – it seems frozen in place. While this kind of shoulder pain is relatively rare, it seems that those who are affected by it are a high number of diabetics. The shoulder movement is being restricted by an excess amount of glucose in the joint. If this happens to you – get it checked out – treatments can include anti-inflammatories and physical therapy. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow me on Twitter @FatGuy

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Nurse Rob Luka’s New Book Helps Kids Overcome Fear of Doctors

October 13, 2009 by angishields

Dr. Fitness & the Fat Guy

Nurse Rob Luka’s New Book Helps Kids Overcome Fear of Doctors

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On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy had on Rob Luka RN, author of the book How to Help Children Overcome Fear in a Medical Setting. Rob is a registered nurse with lots of first hand experience helping kids feel comfortable at the doctor’s office. A great tip Rob shared was for the parent to present a calm demeanor and not look frightened in front of the child. Rob says the child is looking to the parent for visual cues to let him/her know what is going on. So if the parent looks panicked then the child is going to feel scared as well. Rob also explained that having the parent demonstrate the procedure first the child can see that it isn’t so bad and will go along. this works especially well with showing your child how to swallow a pill or get his/her blood pressure taken. He has worked with lots of kids who have juvenile diabetes and has helped their families manage the regular injections and blood testing they have to deal with. His goal is to educate parents and nursing students on some proven techniques that will make children of all ages feel safer and less fearful in the doctor’s office. To learn more please go to his website www.robluka.com

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Tags: book, children, Diabetes, doctors office, expert, fear, health, kids, nurse, overcome, parents, rob luka

Radio Show Recap: A Critic Confronts Us. Rory Freedman’s Skinny Bastard. Healthy Skeptic Robert Davis. Weighted Knife and Fork Lift Guy Tom Madden and Nurse Rob Luka Helps Kids

October 9, 2009 by angishields

Dr. Fitness & the Fat Guy

Radio Show Recap: A Critic Confronts Us. Rory Freedman’s Skinny Bastard. Healthy Skeptic Robert Davis. Weighted Knife and Fork Lift Guy Tom Madden and Nurse Rob Luka Helps Kids

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We haven’t updated our SobeFit magazine Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy Weight Loss Challenge in awhile because I think it’s over – we did not lose 50 pounds combined – we lost over 30 pounds combined which isn’t too shabby. Marta Monetenegro, the founder of SobeFit, is our coach will be coming on soon to recap. We are still trying to lose more weight so please send your tips and words of encouragement or sabotage to adam @ drfitnessandthefatguy.com or to @FatGuy on Twitter. And remember to check out SobeFit magazine at www.sobefitmagazine.com

On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy opened the show with a guy who wrote into our website complaining that we should go to diet jail for telling people about Holey Donuts – he also said we were mean to Gary Taubes. This critic has a major man crush on Gary and said we spent too much of the interview goofing on him rather than letting him share his low carb wisdom. He also says our show is a sham and we are the reason everyone is overweight. So you don’t want to miss his part.

The real show began with Rory Freedman, author of the NY Times Bestseller Skinny Bitch who came on to talk about Skinny Bastard. which is that kick in the butt men need to lose wight and get buff. Rory has a bunch of great advice for men who need to drop a few pounds. to learn more about this book please go to www.skinnybastard.net

Next up we had on Robert Davis, author of the Healthy Skeptic. Robert is an award winning health journalist. He shared some tips on how to understand who to believe when it comes to health and science claims. It’s like they said in All The President’s Men – follow the money – who is paying for the study. To learn more about Robert and his book please go to his website www.everwell.com

Next up we had on Thomas Madden, inventor of the Knife and Fork Lift. While all our listeners know Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy have been talking about weighted silverware since we started the show, Thomas actually went out and invented it. He is a doer and we are just dreamers. His mini barbell like fork and knife set will definitely slow down your eating, just like we have been saying for years. To learn more please go to his website www.knifeandforklift.com

We closed the show with Rob Luka, author of the book How to Help Children Overcome Fear in a Medical Setting. Rob is a nurse with lots of first hand experience helping kids feel comfortable at the doctor’s office. He has worked with lots of kids who have juvenile diabetes and has helped their families manage the regular injections and blood testing they have to deal with. To learn more please go to his website www.robluka.com

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Tags: author, children, Diabetes, diet, health, healthy skeptic, interview, knife and fork lift, rob luka, robert davis, Rory Freedman, sabotage, skinny bastard, skinny bitch, sobefit, thomas madden, Weight Loss