Having diabetes puts different strains on you, from checking your blood sugars to taking your medications, some days it feels like it’s just taking over. The path to overcoming this disease is not to let it be the centre of life.Some people turn inward on themselves, losing an interest in the things they used to enjoy. Do not let diabetes define you. Let’s look at some ways in making sure this doesn’t become your situation.

Listen to your doctor’s instructions about checking your blood sugars, taking your medications and getting moderate exercise. if you injure your body slightly, such as a cut or bruise, keep an eye on it. Diabetics are much more susceptible to infection. Let’s make taking care of your diabetes become just a regular routine.

If you have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes then your body needs time to recover back to its normal state. If you are overweight, weight loss can help you recover from the disease. Focussing on improving your weight loss and that will also  improve your immunity system. Many people have achieved this. Discuss this with your doctor and ask him to help you with a realistic plan to reverse the disease and return back to normal functioning.

Various foods will affect your diabetes differently. There’s been much research done on how diets can affect you, and how you can use diet to control and sometimes even reverse diabetes. Research has done the work and has shown us the exact glycemic effects of most foods we consume. This information is readily available and extremely useful if you want to design your own personal low-cal meals.

Find a cuisine that appeals to you, like Mediterranean cuisine which can be very tasty as well as healthy. Pay special attention to those meals that are low carb as well as delicious. Diabetes limits your food choices as well as your portions. But don’t let it limit your imagination for creating fine meals to enjoy.

Start taking the measures that are necessary to lessen the effects of diabetes on your body. That way you can still engage and enjoy more varied activities in your life.

Good  health!!