Have You Been Diagnosed With Diabetes?

Receiving a diabetes diagnosis will bring tremendous changes into one's life.  To protect your health and manage the disease education is necessary.  Taking care of your health will involve managing the medications you have to take and your diet.

Here are some useful  things to do and know once diagnosed with diabetes.

1. Know fact from fiction
2. Incorporate flexibility into your diabetes diet
3. Be aware of risks of diabetes medication
4. Ask family members to take a self assessment
5. Lower your AIC levels without medication
6. Protect your heart
7. Know more treatment options.

It will be necessary to make lifestyle changes to prevent complications of diabetes and to reduce it as a health risk factor for other health problems. Important lifestyle changes would involve diet, exercise and weight  management. Reduce or eliminate the following:

• Unhealthy eating
• Overweight/obesity
• Sedentary lifestyle

  You can learn to eliminate risk factors with these resources at manageyourhealthonline.com.