For People with Diabetes

For People with Diabetes:

Managing Diabetes To Prevent Complications

Living well with diabetes takes work, but diabetes can be managed.
With proper monitoring and partnering with your health care team
you can even prevent the many complications caused by diabetes.
People with diabetes need to be ever vigilant about keeping blood
sugar in a safe range by eating a healthy diet and regularly
monitoring their blood sugar. They also need to keep blood
pressure and lipids (cholesterol) within normal limits by
getting the right nutrition, exercising and seeing their health
care provider regularly for periodic lab tests and examinations.

Knowing what to do to achieve good health is only half the battle.
The other half is actually doing what’s good for us! While there is
no vacation from diabetes, there is support and education that can
help. In this section, you will find information and tools to help
you achieve your goals for diabetes self-management.

• Be a Partner with Your Health Care Professionals

• Practice Self-Management