If you answer yes to any of these questions, you may be at risk for Type 2 Diabetes:

Am I over 45 years old?

Am I overweight? Do I eat lots of sugary

foods or drinks like candy and soda?

Does anyone in my family have diabetes?

Am I African American, Hispanic, American Indian or Asian?

If you said yes to any of these questions, you should

be tested by your doctor.

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Do I Have Diabetes? Type 2 Diabetes

Emily Rosen

Treating Diabetes: Lifestyle Management

~Maintain a healthy weight

~Be Physically Active Like walking for 30 minutes

a day

~Eat a well-balanced diet. Avoid sugar and other sweets

like chocolate and chips. Limit white bread and white

rice, as well as white potatoes.

Eat lots of high-fiber foods like brown rice, beans, fruits, and vegetable.

Get your protein from fish and chicken

Avoid snack foods and other high- salt items like pretzels.

What is Type 2 Diabetes? Sugar gives your body energy. Sugar is in many of the foods you eat like pasta, bread, candy, cookies, soda, and fruit. If you eat or drink too many foods with sugar, you can become sick.

You may have seen the word “insulin.” Insulin helps your body to use sugar. It helps turn the sugar into energy. Insulin also helps the body save the energy for the future.

As we get older, eating too many foods with sugar can harm your body. When the body does not have enough insulin, it is called Type 2 Diabetes. This is a very serious disease.

Symptoms of Diabetes

Very thirsty Peeing often Very hungry Blurry vision Being tired a lot Restless Slow healing of cuts Hands and feet feel

numb Fast weight loss

Checking my Blood Sugar A person can test their blood sugar level with a device called a glucometer. People with diabetes should have their blood sugar around 110 mg/dL or less.

If your blood sugar is too low it can cause problems. Symptoms of low sugar in the blood include lots of worrying, sweating, a racing heart, and confusion. Without medicine, low sugar in your blood can lead to sleeping for a long time, brain damage, and death.

For More Information Go Tohttp://www.diabetes.org