If you have a problem with your diet and you don't engage in lots of activity, you could very well be setting yourself up for diabetes. Yes, you read that right. Diabetes, especially the type II, is said to be largely due to poor diet as well as inactivity. Is that enough reason to improve your diet and inactivity or not? I sure hope it is.
I know it's difficult to be constantly monitoring what you eat and drink, but if you truly value life, you should - to keep your diabetes under control. After all, you only have one life to live. Ensuring it's worthwhile is a good bet.
Always ensure that your family members know about your diabetes so that they can give you the necessary and needed support. It's going to be difficult to go through diabetes alone. You need the support and encouragement of loving family members and friends. Don't keep it away from them.
The most credible source of diabetes information in the United States is the American Association of Diabetes. Here you will learn all there is to learn about diabetes, including the type of diet to stick to, what works and what doesn't work, the latest and best diabetes treatment and a host of other important things.
If you can't seem to keep your stress level down as a diabetic patient, try the deep breathing exercise. It's a very wonderful way of keeping your stress level down. Lots of people say it works very well for them. How does it work? Simple. Spend some time each day to take in four or more deep breaths, a couple of time. This will help to make your respiration and circulation enter a kind of relaxed mode and keep your stress level down.
Unlike type 1 diabetes where daily injections are compulsory, you can survive type 2 diabetes with just oral medications, exercises, improvements in your diet, as well as managing your weight. And of course - with the right guide, advice and recommendation from your doctor.
As a diabetic patient, it's time to either drastically reduce your alcohol intake or completely stop it. This is not the time for overindulgence in alcohol but a time to keep firm control of your habits, if you really want to live long and healthy, despite having diabetes.
As a diabetic, you should stay away from drinks that are sweetened and have high calorie. You should also stay away from carbonated drinks. Instead, take a lot of pure water. If you must take other kinds of drinks, then take juice made from natural fruits.