Type 2 Diabetes Affecting Your Daily Life!
It affects your diet and nutrition for sure, because you have to monitor your food intake to control your blood sugar, so you would have to give up foods that you normally could eat whenever you wanted. You also have to keep track of the glucose in your blood, as shown in the picture below. Keeping track of this number shows you how much insulin or medication you need. It also tells you if you are eating the right amount of carbohydrates, and most importantly gauges how the blood glucose is being controlled, because the more control the less risk. Exercise also plays a key role in managing diabetes, because it helps lower your blood sugar and help your cells accept insulin easier. It is also a lot more important when you have diabetes to maintain a healthy body weight, because fat cells are more resistant to insulin than muscle cells. Diabetes comes with lots of baggage and extra things to do during your day, so it is important to eat healthy foods and exercise regularly. You will also have to quit any bad habits, like smoking, so more bad things do not influence and go into your body. At specific times in the day, you will have to take insulin shots to help maintain insulin and blood sugar levels in your body.