Diabetes Christmas

Food is an essential part of the treatment of diabetes and these celebrations are characterized by excesses in meals with a significant presence of sweets and fats. But the diet control is a standard that should not prevent people with diabetes enjoy as others, because it should be some flexibility in the application of nutritional criteria which allow them not to give up eating the same as the rest.

Until it must at all times be aware of their diabetic condition, follow a few basic guidelines will help them enjoy:

  

• Control glucose levels: should be more picky than ever, because the smaller rise in blood sugar should take the necessary corrective measures: exercise, diet control, etc.
• Do not neglect the medication: taking specific medication for diabetes in the doses prescribed by the doctor is more important than ever; and so is adherence to treatment for other diseases.
• Planning nutritional food: to eat everything must be balanced diet these days.You must check the presence of carbohydrates each meal and counter festive foods with healthy foods. The important thing is the daily nutrient bottom line and if planned properly should not be necessary to modify the dose of insulin ( diabetestype 1) or medication to control glucose ( diabetes type 2). However, it is important to remember that today many of the traditional Christmas sweets suitable for diabetics are marketed, it would be important to eat these instead of those with a high sugar content.

• Portion control: lunches and dinners great celebrations are characterized by abundance. Diabetics can eat everything, but in perspective and according to their overall nutritional content. In any case, excess as to the amount of food must be counteracted by increased number and intensity of exercise. To avoid high blood sugar, people with diabetes type 1 must be clear what additional dose of insulin should be used if rapid increase the amount of food eaten.
• Moderate alcohol consumption: alcohol provide calories and carbohydrates, so you have to avoid or minimize the high alcohol (gin, rum, brandy, whiskey brandy, etc.) and no more than two drinks per day the consumption of wine, champagne or beer.
• Exercise: it is important to maintain physical activity throughout Christmas. It is advisable to prolong the rides to enable excess burn and therefore the blood glucose levels remain normal in figures. Dancing is also a great option to increase exercise.
• Weight: maintain unchanged the weight is a good indicator that they have committed excesses, or that they are duly offset.

  

 These few precautions will help diabetics to fully enjoy Christmas with their families and friends without losing control of diabetes .