Some studies show that having diabetes doubles your risk of developing depression. If diabetes-related health problems emerge, your risk for depression can increase even further. It remains unclear exactly why this is. Some researchers suggest that this could be due to diabetes' metabolic effect on brain function as well as the toll day-to-day management can take. With depression comes inactivity, fatigue, susceptibility to illness, cravings for easy burning calories like carbohydrates and sugars, a distancing of relationships, difficulty in the workplace or in school, and an overall sense of doom and defeat. It is easy to understand why this topic deserves a closer look.

One of the contributing factors of depression is the person's physical...

Moving our bodies benefits us in so many ways, both physically and mentally. Usually, when we think of moving for our health, we think of exercise, and exercise can be a huge turn-off to a lot of people, for a lot of reasons.

Some people find it difficult to make time in their schedule to get to the gym or pool. Exercise and yoga classes may conflict with other responsibilities, and there may be financial barriers that keep people from participating as well. Other barriers that can keep people from getting enough exercise are chronic pain, fatigue, depression, and other physical and emotional issues.

Not only are their barriers to getting enough exercise, there are expectations as well. If we aren't able to do the things that we feel like we ...