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I need to know some helpful hint in dealing with Diabetes!!!? |
My mother in-law just found out that she has it and asked me to find out what she really needs to know about diet, things you should do things you should look out for and just normal everyday things like that! So any information I could get would be wonderful! Her doctor or endocrinologist should develop a treatment plan, including when and how often she should test her blood glucose, what her target range should be, etc. Additionally, she could (and probably should) speak with a registered dietitian at the local hosptial, whio can help develop a meal plan based upon her caloric needs (does she need to lose weight, or just maintain it?, etc.). For some more specific ideas on nutrition and diabetes, she (and you) could check here: http://www.diabetes.org/nutrition-and-re... And, she should get into a regular exercise regimen of some sort, be it joining a gym or just walking for 30 minutes a day, or anything in between. It's important that she make and adhere to a committment to keeping her body healthy, which means sticking to her meal plan, keeping with her exercise regimen, and taking her prescribed medications as dosed and scheduled. Hope this helps! Source(s): http://www.diabetes.org/nutrition-and-re... Experience -- the best teacher (34 years of type 1 diabetes) She will have eat less starches, sugars and salts. Get some weekly excersice as well. Stay away from regular soft drinks, drink diet soda or none at all. Also, try to stay away from bread, it is a major offender. Kick all the sweets and just keep testing your sugar levels. My hubby is going through this and we are knew to everything. My grandfather has diabetes and this was his advise to us. Drink more water, less soda. 20 minutes of exercise everday. Less sugar and sweets, but I don't cut them out entirely. Maybe a candy bar a week or something. The very best advice I can offer is to talk with a nutritionist, as well as her doctor. If she doesn't have an endocrinologist, she needs to find one; if she can get one that specializes/concentrates on diabetes, that's even better. Another VERY good thing she can do is join the American Diabetes Association; while they concentrate primarily on type-1 diabetes (and since this person is old enough to BE a mother-in-law, I'm presuming she has type-2), they have very good resources for both types of diabetics. http://www.diabetes.org |
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