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    Living                                   EAT WELL                                COPE WITH YOUR DIABETES

                 Diabetes                    •  Make a diabetic meal plan            •  If your life is stressful try

   Diabetes is a disease which occurs           containing more fruits and              meditating or yoga or you can
                                                                                        get some counseling.
   when there is too much of glucose in         vegetables.
   our blood stream (blood sugar). This      •  Avoid food which contains less       KNOW WHAT TO DO EVERYDAY
   usually happens when insulin is not          saturated fat and salt.              •  Take pills for diabetes or insulin.
   produced or is inefficiently produced     •  Choose food with more fibre.         •  Take aspirin to reduce the risk of
   or the cells can’t use it. You must       •  Drink water instead of juice and        heart attack.
   be wondering why this hormone is             regular soda.                        •  Stop smoking.
   important. This is because the insulin    •  Portion size matters.                •  Brush your teeth and floss every
   allows glucose to be used by the cells.                                              day.
                                             BE ACTIVE                               •  Check your feet for cuts or
   When people find out that they have       •  Set a goal to be more active by         bruises or blisters, etc., and than
   diabetes it is common to find people         going to the gym or walking.            call your doctor.
   shocked but with some lifestyle           •  Twice a week do muscle               Enjoy a diabetes free life. Keep active
   changes you can lead a healthy life.         strengthening or yoga.               and healthy.
   Some of them are given below.                                                                      Abhinav P. D, VII B




          Diabetes can be hereditary.            Remedies :
          That doesn’t mean that you are         Consuming Aloe Vera pulp may help
          guaranteed to get it if it runs in your   repair and protect the pancreas.
          family. Instead it means you have a    Cinnamon, the fragrant spice, bitter
          greater chance of acquiring it. But it   guard, milk thistle, fenugreek and
          can be stopped if you follow certain   ginger are also good.                            Class VII
          remedies to reduce it from a very
          young age.                             Explanations:
                                                 For blurred vision: It is caused because
          When Does Diabetes Occur? What         of Blood Pressure that is caused by
          are the early signs?                   diabetes. It breaks the nerve which
          Diabetes occurs when your body         is present in the eye causing blurred
          cannot make or effectively use its     vision.
          own insulin, a hormone made by
          special cells in the pancreas. Insulin   For slow healing of wounds: High levels
          serves as a key to open your cells in   of blood glucose caused by diabetes
          the body to allow glucose from the     can, over time, affect the nerves and
          food you eat to enter. Early signs are   lead to poor blood circulation, making it
          excessive thirst, frequent urination,   hard for blood - needed for skin repair
          weight loss or gain, irritability,     to reach areas of the body affected by
          blurred vision and slow healing of     sores or wounds.
          wounds. Diabetes is the major cause
          of blindness, kidney failure, heart    Your body is the best machine! Protect
          attacks, strokes, blood pressure and   it !!!
          lower limb amputation.                                     Balasankari. G, VII B
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