Health
Living Well with Diabetes
Original Content: Heather Jackson, Pike County | Adapted for blog: Katie Cullum, White County
Living Well with Diabetes is a series of class for people with diabetes and their families. Learn helpful tip and methods for Living Well with Diabetes.
Diabetes is a chronic disease with serious consequences. Two out of three people with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke. Medical costs are 2.3 times higher for people with diabetes. But the good news is these issues can be delayed or prevented by getting your blood glucose and blood pressure under control. Learn how with these sessions!
Session 1 – Diabetes Overview covers clinical aspects of keeping diabetes in control including types of tests, target test values, and the importance of these clinical tests to control blood sugar.
Know & Follow Your Signals Handout
Session 2 – Preventing Diabetes Complications covers common complications of diabetes and ways to manage blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol and other lifestyle factors to prevent complications.
Dietary Fiber & Diabetes Handout
Fats - the Good, the Bad, and the Healthy Handout
Know & Follow Your Signals Handout
Salt, Sodium, and Potassium Handout
Session 3 – Nutrition Management of Diabetes covers the types of foods that contain carbohydrates; how to utilize food lists and food labels to identify the amount of carbohydrate in various foods; and sugar substitutes and how they can be used in food preparation.
Sweetening Without Sugar Handout
Managing Carbohydrates with Food Lists Handout
Nutrition Label Reading Activity
Session 4 – Planning Healthy Meals with the Diabetes Place covers handy tools to plan balanced meals and control portion sizes.
Carbohydrates and Carbohydrate Counting Handout
Planning Meals with Diabetes Plate Handout
Eating Healthy with Diabetes Handout
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