According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Over 29 million Americans have diabetes.

You can keep your diabetes in check by following a healthy lifestyle and a personalized health and nutrition plan.

Here’s what you should be doing if you or a loved one has diabetes:

Have a Healthy Diet

When you have diabetes, following a healthy diet becomes crucial. This is because what you eat can impact your blood sugar levels.

Although no foods are off-limits, you should focus on having more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and avoid saturated fats and sugar.

It also helps to have a healthy meal plan given to you by a personal dietitian.

Exercise Regularly

You need to make exercise a part of your life.

You don’t have to start strength training or join a gym — even brisk walking, jogging, or riding a bikeare enough. Even brief bouts of physical activity are beneficial. For example, if you can’t fit a 30 minutes walkinto your day, you can try a few five minute walks instead

An active lifestylewill help you keep your blood sugar in check.

Get Routine Checkups

Have diabetes? Routine checkups become a must.

Diabetes is linked to heart disease so learnabout normal cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar range now.

Additionally, get a full eye exam and a foot exam every year to reduce the risk of blindness and limb amputation that come with diabetes.

Monitor Your Blood Sugar

Regular blood sugar monitoring will allow you to track what makes your sugar go up or down, such as eating different foods, being physically active, or taking medications.This information will help you make better lifestyle choices to help manage your diabetes.

Start Managing Your Stress

Stress makes your blood sugar levels go up. Plus, when you are stressed you may forget to eat right, take medicines, or exercise. That’s why yoga, meditation, and/or deep breathing exercises should be a part of your daily routine.

Give Up Smoking

Diabetes increases your chances of health problems like eye disease, coronary disease, kidney disease, foot problems, nerve damage, and more.

If you smoke, the risk gets even higher!

Watch Your Alcohol Intake

It’s easier to control your blood sugar levels when you don’t drink too much alcohol.

The ADA recommends that diabetic women should have no more than one alcoholic drink per day, and men should not have more than two.

One alcoholic drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 1.5 ounces of liquor, and 5 ounces of wine.

Alcohol can destabilize your sugar levels, making them either too high or low. Always check your blood sugar level before having a drink so you can take the necessary steps to avoid your levels dipping too low.

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