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Resistance is NOT Futile

David Mendosa
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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

After earning a B.A. with honors from the University of California,...

David Mendosa

Thursday, March 01, 2007
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The Borgs in the "Star Trek" fictional universe may have told you that "resistance is futile." But I'm here to tell you that it's not true. In fact, resistance can be good for your health and weight and can go a long way toward helping you to control your diabetes. Specifically, what I mean...
  1. New Web Format
    Anonymous
    Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 01:48 PM
    I hate the new format, David. On my mac I get about 4 lines of text, making what used to be a 3 page entry 9 or 10 now, and i have to scroll right to even read a single line it is so small. Really annoying, I didn't even finish the article.
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  2. Format
    Earlene
    Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 07:44 PM
    Hi, I don't like the format either but discovered that when I clicked on print I got the whole page and it was easy to read.
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  3. Column Format
    Pam
    Friday, March 02, 2007 at 12:30 PM

    Unless I zoom my browser to 75%, I'm missing a few letters on the right side of the column.  There is no scroll bar present to extend the view.  Although Print mode was better, I still lost a few letters on one line.  I am running Windows XP.  I've tried both IE 7 and Firefox browsers and had the same problem with both.

    I love your writing.  The information you provide has been very helpful in managing my Typ 2 Diabeties.

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  4. New Format
    clk
    Tuesday, March 06, 2007 at 04:50 PM
    I agree, I do not like the new format.  I have to scroll left and right to read each line. Printing is way too many pages and the edges of each line are cut off.
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  5. RE: Resistance Training
    Don Kierstead
    Monday, April 02, 2007 at 10:59 AM
        I new it all along.  I don't know if you remember my comments on one of your blogs that mentioned the book " The Genius of Flexibility" by Bob Cooley, but the stretches he uses in the book are all "resistance" stretches.  David, you were looking for a way to incorporate resistance training into your routine - this is it!  You probably stretch a little, before walking, running, etc.  Just add some resistance to the stretch!  You get a much better stretch, and you can add muscle tone to boot.  I stretch with a strap attached to my legs before I go to bed at night.  Originally, this was to releive calf cramps that I developed, but over time I have found it helps me sleep better, and I don't wake up suddenly hopping around with a bad cramp. (How many of us have done that?).  I have also found (and it's mentioned in the book) that if you do the stretch properly, it strengthens as well as increases flexibility.  P.S.  I'm not trying to sell this man's books - his methods just work very, very well and I think this would be a great tool for the diabetic community.  And, by the way, the format works just fine.
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