Medicine and Health related Information

Few practical suggestions for diabetic patients are as follows-

1. Diabetic patients should try to take shorter meals giving small intervals instead of taking heavy meal at once. This is because the blood sugar level does not increase suddenly as the smaller amount of insulin or the medicine which is injected is insufficient to metabolize large amount of blood sugar.

2. When diabetic patients are away from their home on a tour or while long traveling they should take fruits like apples, oranges or sweet limes to prevent low blood sugar.

3. Saccharine is more preferable to sugar for diabetic patients, although it is sweeter than sugar but it has no calorie level.

4. Maintain meal timings properly to maintain blood sugar at normal levels at all time.

5. Have variety in food so that all necessary vitamins, minerals and other nutrients will reach the body.

6. Spices can be taken by diabetic patients as they contain less calorific value, but try to restrict the use of salt.

7. Increase your awareness about the disease if you are a diabetic like how body controls blood sugar, the effects of insulin and others drugs, effect of exercise, different foods and diseases in the body.

8. Make sure that your friends and your colleagues know that you are a diabetic patient so that they will not force you to take unnecessary food.

9. Avoid operating machinery or driving unless you have eaten in the previous two hours.

10. Children and those particularly prone to hypoglycemic attacks should carry a card giving details of their condition and instructions for treatment in emergency.