Diabetes is a long-lasting health condition that affects how your body creates energy from the food you consume. The body turns food into a sugar called glucose, which is then released into our bloodstream and increases blood sugar levels as we consume more food. The body counteracts this by telling the pancreas to release insulin, which acts as a door key to release all the sugar in your blood to the cells for them to use as energy.
Having diabetes means your body either cannot create enough insulin or cannot use the insulin it creates properly. Having too much sugar in your bloodstream can cause serious health complications like heart disease, kidney disease, vision loss, and other conditions.
To help manage diabetes conditions, All City Caregivers, a provider of home care services in Simi Valley, California, has assembled some tips for you to help manage this debilitating disease.
- Learn all about diabetes: learning all you can about the disease can help you manage its symptoms, as well as what causes it and how best to mitigate its effects.
- Know your ABCs: A is for the A1C test, which is a blood test that measures your average blood sugar level from the past three months. B is for your blood pressure, with your goal to be maintaining a reading of below 140/90 or close, depending on what your physician describes. C is for cholesterol. Keeping balanced HDL or “good” cholesterol levels is important for heart health.
- Learning how to live with diabetes: changing your diets, coping with the mental effects of the disease, and staying active can be a good way to live with diabetes.
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