By Victoria Dolby Toews, MPH,
Mar 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Calcium
(1,200 mg daily)
Protects bone mass
Lowers blood pressure
Improves insulin's effectiveness at processing blood sugar
Chromium
(200 mcg daily)
Helps the body process blood sugar
Lowers cholesterol
Aids weight loss efforts
Multivitamin/mineral
(daily)
Prevents vitamin and mineral deficiencies
Reduces the risk of several diseases, including heart disease
and osteoporosis
Regular
exercise
(30–60 minutes, five days a week)
Weight loss aid
Preserves bone mass
Reduces the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke,
and diabetes
Relieves stress
Improves sleep
Healthy
weight
(BMI: 18.5–24.9)*
Keeping body mass index (BMI) in the normal range reduces the
risk of obesity, premature death, heart disease, high blood
pressure, diabetes, and osteoarthritis
* Body mass index (BMI)
is a formula for determining obesity. BMI equals a person's weight
in pounds divided by height in inches squared. This number is then
multiplied by 703. BMI=(pounds/inches2) x 703.
