i have difficulty walking and i lack upper body strength. i don't have control over my meals. what do you recommend for getting healthy?

Question

Is it healthier to walk before or after a meal?

Answer 1

Get control: Eating a healthy diet is critical and a bad diet can not be overcome with any degree of exercise. So if you can't get control of your diet, as you say, understand that you need to. An exercise bike or water aerobics are two alternatives for exercise in patients who have difficulty walking.

Answer 2

No: They absolutely do not. In fact, walkers are dangerous and associated with more accidental injuries. The best thing you can do to help your child learn to walk is to give him plenty of floor time, initially tummy time, then scooting/crawling time. This should be in a child-proofed area where you can let him roam free with sturdy furniture to pull up against.

Answer 3

No: Although they do provide entertainment for your child, and free your hands for other activities, walkers and jumpers do not teach your child to walk. The main reason is that your child is not bearing all their weight or balancing themselves when in these devices. Better activities include holding your child's arms or hands while they are standing or a push toy they can hold onto while standing.

Answer 4

No: Walkers and jumpers do not help a baby learn to walk. Walkers and jumpers are ok to use under adult supervision, and for less than 30-60 minutes at one time. They are not for keeping a toddler in, without supervision. Dangers include crashing into furniture corners, flipping over, falling down stairs, and sliding through the seat (possibly getting tangled up and possibly getting choked).

Answer 5

No: In fact walkers delay walking. In children with cerebal palsey walkers increase leg crossing and can make it impossible to ever walk.

Answer 6

No: Jumpers are pure fun for your baby, as most of the time, "jumping" up and down is a pure motor reflex within your baby's legs. As kids get older, they can actually jump actively, but there's no correlation with walking. Baby walkers are dangerous, so much so that they've been outlawed in many countries, like canada, due to safety concerns and fears that they delay walking. Do not use them.

Answer 7

Just not good choice: These products are a waste of your money, especially in pregnancy. Follow your ada diet and especially food choices with a low glycemic index like nonfat/nosugar yogurt and fruits and vegetables, nuts and legumes. And stay away from bread, rice, pasta, potatoes and cereal.

Answer 8

What?: There is no such thing as a drink which will provide "glucose control". Are you looking at the tv ads for nutritional supplements that say they're for control of diabetes? Those are tube feeding supplement companies attempting to sell more product by convincing people to drink their supplement rather than eating properly. Eating properly is much, much better. Consult your dietitian.

Answer 9

Few days: Even though half life of Lupron (leuprolide) is only 3 to 4 hrs plasama levels will remain high for few more days ( missing one dose is not a big problem ).

Answer 10

Yes: Related to urge problems.

Answer 11

One of many: Detrol (tolterodine) is used as a bladder muscle relaxant, most frequently to control an overactive bladder. It helps to functionally increase bladder capacity & suppress involuntary bladder contractions &/or urge to urinate. Does not cross the blood brain barrier so that is a good replacement for oxybutinin which is usually more effective bur can cause blurred vision & other central nervous system effects.

Answer 12

Not very reliable: Using the rhythm method effectively depends upon absolutely regular and predictable cycles (not common) and considerable self-discipline. Since your sexual desire or libido increases when you are most fertile and this is exactly the time you have to avoid with the rhythm method, it tends not to work out well.

i have difficulty walking and i lack upper body strength. i don't have control over my meals. what do you recommend for getting healthy?

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