Each edition, WebMD The "Health Highlights" of the magazine focus on a national health theme for the month with expert tips, reader comments and attractive factoids. November is the month of diabetes awareness. Follow these tips to stay on your peak!
1. Say "om"
Learn to meditate to help reduce stress and improve blood sugar levels.
2. Step out
Exercise helps keep your blood sugar under control, and almost everyone can take a quick daily walk.
3. Eat right
Follow your food plan. If you do not have one, ask your doctor about seeing a nutritionist specializing in diabetes.
4. jet set
before hitting the road, get a check-up, extra meds package and plan your doses around changes to time zone.
5. Hang 10
Drop 10% of your body weight through diet and exercise.
6. Commerce
exchange saturated fats and refined sugar for healthy fats in sweet nuts and whole fruits.
7. Clearly see
Diabetes complications can cause loss of vision or blindness. Schedule a complete exam at least once a year.
Fat Loss One Month - November Is Diabetes Awareness Month
8. Lift
You can not feel lesions on the foot, so check the two feet daily for blisters, cuts or wounds.
9. Show color
Pack your plate with a palette of green, yellow and red - like spinach, squash and tomatoes.
10. Learn more
Visit the WebMD Diabetes Center for news, tips, a blood sugar tracker and more.
Adrian Vella, MD, Endocrinologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
- Use the Web or your Smartphone to help you manage what you eat. Online tools can help you track your calorie consumption, help in dining planning and provide important nutrition information to help you make healthy choices.
- Get a pedometer. People with diabetes need to exercise. For many of my patients, this means walking. Set a goal.
Tips from Deborah J. Wexler, MD, Professor Assistant Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Co-Clinical Director, Hospital Diabetes Unit in Massachusetts.
- Diabetes can be discouraging. You may feel sad, anxious or depressed for no apparent reason. Get support, and you will be more able to meet the challenges.
- Control of portion is fundamental. Board The amount of food you intend to eat, and do not go back for seconds.
Tips from Samuel Andrews II, MD, Endocrinologist, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans and co-author of the new sugar busters.
- Choose foods that do not increase your blood sugar. This means eating brown rice or basmati and brown bread and noodles. Ignore juices and eat entire fruits and fibers.
- Daily exercise helps control your weight and blood sugar levels. Each day, jump on a bike, go for a dive or take a walk.
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