Diet And Lifestyle Changes For Diabetic Patients Living With Diabetes

Diabetes can be of 2 types: Type 1 and Type 2. If left untreated it can lead to serious health hazards like heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, amputation, nerve damage or male impotence. Changing the diet, increasing the level of physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight are a few simple steps that will help you manage the disease effectively.

1. Cut down on the intake of carbohydrates.

2. Avoid foods containing refined white sugar, sucrose, corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, dextrose, white flour, enriched flours, and so on.

3. Reduce the intake of sugar. Avoid ice cream, cakes, cookies, sweets, desserts, candy bars, etc.

4. Take a high protein diet.

5. Use olive oil for cooking instead of butter or vegetable oil.

6. Don�t skip meals. Eat regular smaller meals upto 6 times a day.

7. Drink plenty of water throughout the day and particularly when you are exercising.

8. Make sure to have a small snack or glucose pill during exercise in case there is a drop in your blood sugar.

9. Diabkil Capsules are a wonderful herbal supplement that can be taken without any advice.

10. Start your day with a good breakfast that will help restore energy throughout the day.

11. Lose weight through regular exercise. You can walk for 30mins everyday 5 times a week or try activities like swimming, biking, etc.

12. Regular physical activity improves the body�s response to insulin. Apart from regular exercise try to remain physically active through light activities such as housework, gardening, etc.

13. Wearing a continuous glucose monitor will help you to record your blood sugar readings and understand how your blood sugar reacts to particular foods, activities and insulin doses.

14. Take a well balanced diet comprising of a combination of starches, fruits and vegetables, proteins, and fats.

15. Check your blood sugar levels before during and after exercise especially if you are taking insulin or medications for reducing blood sugar.

16. Try to eat at the same time everyday. This will prevent fluctuating blood glucose levels.

17. Take insulin and diabetes medications to lower blood sugar levels and keep diabetes under control.

18. Include a lot of fiber in your diet.

19. Smokers are 50% more likely to have this disease than non-smokers. So it�s better to quit smoking.

Hence we can conclude that the above mentioned dietary and lifestyle changes will certainly help diabetics to efficiently control the disease.

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