I have diabetes and would like to know some good advice to control it.?

I just got diagnosed with diabetes. I am young and struggling with maintenance of this high maintenance disease. I know that it is a life style change but i am failing tremendously. Any good advice would be greatly appreciated!I have diabetes and would like to know some good advice to control it.?
Ok, first of all take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Diabetes can be controlled and there are lots of things that can done to help you take better care of yourself.





Some of them are:





Exercising


Understanding what foods to eat


Natural supplements





All of these can play an important role in managing your blood sugar and maintaining a long life.





I have found a web site that has a lot of great information on it to help you understand about diabetes so you can make the best decisions for you.





Good luck to you.I have diabetes and would like to know some good advice to control it.?
Hi


I just want to let you know that a lot of the advice given is for type 2 diabetes, and has virtually no relevance to type 1 management.


So if you are type one;





-ignore anything to do with type 2 diabetes, they are separate diseases,


-Check your BGL lots. its easy to forget but being aware is the easiest way to control it,


-learn the serves in all the foods you eat,


-learn about the disease, even many doctors don't know what is really going on, only listen to your specialist.





with these you can start learning and gradually changing, but always carry your insulin and glucometer with you, you have to make it a habit to always have them, at first don't worry too much about what you are eating, as long as you know the serves and take the insulin.


it needs to be part of eating,


at first I had no idea of the different serves, so all I ate was pasta until I learn the carbohydrate level of other foods.
Three things to remember and religiously follow if you have diabetes:





1. Diet


2. Exercise


3. Medication





Consult your doctor for the details of the three. Actually, it is very simple to follow this regimen of diet, exercise and medication.


By diet, you have to watch your food intake and follow the diet plan recommended by your dietitian or doctor. Exercise does not mean that you have to run many miles a day, but simply walking or yoga or philates would do. And medication is the most important especially if you are Type 1 because you need insulin everyday to control your blood sugar. For Type 11, you also need to monitor your sugar by taking oral pills.





So, diet, exercise and medication are the keys to good diabetic control. Good luck to you and God bless.
Diabetes is overwhelming so what can work is to write down all the things you want to accomplish. Use what your doctor has told you to do to help you make the list. Now take one goal off that list, like eating better, and break it down into little goals that you can work on. For example, maybe you decide that you eat too much fast food, like 5 times a week. Set a goal of eating at a fast food place only 1 a week and work towards that. Once you accomplish that, you can either work to stop eating there once a week or pick another goal like eat vegetables 3 times a week and work on that. This makes the goals easier to reach and gives you a sense of accomplishment. Over time you will have made many good lifestyle changes and it wasn't that hard to do!
Drink a lot of water. If you are used to using sugar for different things, try splenda. It is the closest to tasting like sugar. excercise regularly , The more weight you lose, the better your chances of even not having to have to take medicine for that. My friend has type 2 but because of the changes that he had made, He looked so much healthier and he was able to wean off medication.
Start by making diet changes. Avoid white foods (bread, rice, pasta, potatoes). These are high in refined carbohydrates which your body converts to sugar. Eat mainly green vegetables and fish. Walk 45 minutes a day.
I would talk to your doctor about this


but no soda or well diet soda would help hardly any sweets medication would help.!