Wrong. If you are 55 and fall into that average weight gain that was experienced by the participants, that’s almost 10 pounds a year since you were 15. That doesn’t account for other factors, such as your month-to-month diet outside of the holidays. An excess of sugar and unhealthy foods can ultimately contribute to serious chronic conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity.

Mitigating Holiday Weight Gain

Don’t be scared of the preceding paragraph. It only serves as a healthy reminder that overeating does have its consequences. There’s a bright side to this data: you don’t have to fall into an average. You can be an outlier when it comes to holiday weight gain. Most of the data from this study and similar studies are taken from mid-November to mid-January, which is only a two-month period. You can lose that in a month if you are smart about recovering from the holidays; however, if you really want to be proactive, follow some of the tips that we have outlined below.

Stay Active

The holidays are stereotypically known for stuffing your face and passing out on the couch. While indulging in a certain amount of hedonism is fine from time to time, the holidays should be used as a time to appreciate life and all of the beauty that it brings. Getting together with family and friends and discussing the year’s events can be much more rewarding than eight slices of pumpkin pie.

Try this: the day after or during Thanksgiving, try scheduling an active family outing! This can range from a flag football game to a family hike, or anything in-between. Many popular options include benefit races and 5K’s! They usually have adorable names, such as “The Turkey Trot” or “Run Your Ice Off”. A little healthy competition can go a long way and can be a great bonding experience for you and your family/friends!

Focus on Family

Focus on little Timmy’s heroic little league win and aunt Margaret’s fancy new scarf! Focus on grandpa’s stunning new cardigan or his mildly-offensive jokes from the Reagan Era! The main focus of the holidays should be reconnecting with your family and sharing the high and low points of the year. If your main

focus is the food – and not the friends – you might need to check your priorities. The food should obviously be a highlight and is often the main focus; however, it should complement the festivities, not make them.

Prescription Assistance

Don’t sacrifice the Thanksgiving turkey just to pay for your medical bills. You can have both. Millions of

under-insured and uninsured Americans struggle to pay for their prescription medications each year; things can get tough when you start to include the price of the holidays, utilities, rent, and other financial burdens. The RX Solution was founded to help the uninsured, low-income, and elderly individuals who are in need of medication but cannot afford to pay the price. We are a prescription assistance organization that helps Americans get the medication they need at a price that won’t break the bank. If you are struggling to pay for your medications this holiday season, give us a call to have your turkey and eat it too.

What is Insulin?

In short, insulin is a hormone that is naturally-occuring in the body. Insulin is produced in the pancreas, and diabetes occurs when the body halts production of insulin or begins to not process it correctly. The body uses this hormone to derive energy from food in the form of glucose. The introduction of insulin from an outside source is needed when insulin no longer allows the cells to use sugar for energy.

Different Types of Humulin

Humulin is a synthetic type of insulin modeled after the natural human hormone of the same name. Humulin comes in different doses and strengths, ranging from short-acting, intermediate-acting, and short/intermediate-acting insulins. To know which type of insulin is right for you, contact your doctor and schedule an appointment. If your insulin needs begin to change, contact your doctor immediately. We can help cover the costs of the prescription if you are uninsured or under-insured.

Humulin R U-100: this is a short-acting insulin. This can help cover your insulin needs for food consumed within 30 minutes. This is injected under the skin, not under the muscle.

Humulin N: used between meals and to help cover increases in blood sugar during the night. This is an intermediate-acting insulin and is available in a pen or a U-100 vial. This is injected under the skin, not the muscle.

Humulin 70/30: this covers short and intermediate actions of insulin. Injected under the skin, Humulin 70/30 can be taken during the day, at night, and in-between meals.

Humulin R U-500: this is a more concentrated version of the Humulin R U-100. This particular form of Humulin is used control high blood sugar in patients that need more than 200 units of insulin a day.

All of these medications are taken in injections or with an insulin pump.

Prescription Assistance Programs

If you are one of the million Americans that cannot afford to pay for their diabetes medications, consider choosing a reputable prescription assistance program such as The Rx Solution. If you are a U.S. Resident, unable to afford your medications, and are a low-income individual, we can help. We were founded to help solve the problems of the uninsured and under-insured living in America. We help qualify you with little to no prescription drug coverage; often times, the cost can be a fraction of what the retail value of the medication really is. Using the country’s best doctors, pharmaceutical companies, community groups, and health care providers, we help approve and deliver your medications straight to your doorstep. Contact us today if you need help with your prescription medication!

As drug costs rise, Americans are having to choose between groceries and prescriptions. Here’s why, and what you can do.

John Friedman ,says he had to make some awful choices once he learned that his health insurer would no longer cover his prescription for Humalog, the brand of insulin he’d relied on for 17 years to control his type 1 diabetes. While appealing the sudden and expensive change in coverage, he began rationing his remaining supply—a practice that landed him in the emergency room several times with dangerously high blood sugar levels.

And then, even after his appeal succeeded, Friendman had a new problem: His co-pay for a 90-day prescription jumped to nearly $500, triple what it used to be. With other medical bills, rent, and child support, the father from Marlboro NJ., says he had to make another difficult appeal: “I was forced to borrow thousands of dollars from my family and friends.”

As drug costs continue to rise, Americans are feeling squeezed and desperate. A nationally representative Consumer Reports survey of almost 1,200 adults who currently take a prescription drug found that high costs are forcing people to cut back on groceries, delay retirement, and even take on a second job. And some say they’re making potentially dangerous choices, such as rationing or even stopping their meds. Just like Friedman

“Seeing a patient give up needed medication or struggle to pay for food or housing because of high drug costs is devastating,” says Marvin M. Lipman, M.D., Consumer Reports’ chief medical adviser. “While it’s not always possible to limit those costs, it often is.”

That’s what this report is all about: helping you get the drugs you need at prices you can afford.