Healthy Living with Diabetes The MIRS Way

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Healthy Living with Diabetes The MIRS
Way
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Index

• What is Diabetes ?
• Managing Diabetes
• Exercise regularly
• Get regular health check-ups
• Eat Healthy
• Quit Smoking and Drinking
• Take your medicines regularly

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(1) What is Diabetes ?

• Diabetes is a condition that occurs when
• The hormone insulin cannot be absorbed into the
  blood stream
• The pancreas that make insulin cannot make it in
  sufficient quantities.

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(2) Managing Diabetes

• Following are the few tips to controlling the
  damage caused by diabetes
• Exercise regularly
• Get regular health check-ups
• Eat Healthy
• Quit Smoking and Drinking
• Take your medicines regularly

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2.1 Exercise regularly

• Being diabetic is no excuse to give up
  exercising. Include at least 30 minutes of
  exercise daily. The more you stay active, the
  easier it is going to be to control diabetes.

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2.2 Get regular health check-ups

• Go for regular physical and pathological tests,
  even if you feel OK/good/great. Remember the
  proverb, Prevention is better than cure?
  Avoid any nasty surprises by scheduling regular
  health check-ups and consulting your doctor about
  any changes in medicines required.

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2.3 Eat Healthy

• Cut down on deep-fried foods and avoid packaged
  foods laced with preservatives.Eat lots of
  greens and salads instead. Make sure your
  cholesterol levels and blood pressure are
  monitored regularly.

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2.4 Quit Smoking and Drinking

• Smoking and drinking increase your risk of
  diabetes-related complications. The biggest
  risk for diabetes patients is that smoking
  reduces blood flow in the legs and feet which
  could lead to ulcers and sores that are difficult
  to heal. 

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2.5 Take your medicines regularly

• Even doctors stress that taking medicines on time
  is very important to their treatment plan.
  Diabetes requires medicines to be taken
  regularly over a long period of time.

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