When there is too much sugar (glucose) in your blood it damages your heart, kidneys, feet, eyes and nerves.
You can keep your sugar (glucose) levels normal by:
- Have plenty of bush tucker and have shop foods and home cooked meals that are low in fat, sugar and salt.
- Have something from each of the core food groups every day. They give you energy, fight sickness and help care for your body to keep it strong.
- Drink plenty of water.
- Avoiding and eat less fat, sugar and salt
- Eat less fat as it makes you put on weight and gives you problems with your heart.
- Pick meat with no fat or only small bits of fat on it. Cut the fat off the meat and take the skin off chicken.
- Drain the juices (fat) after cooking meat and scoop out the fat from the top of stews.
- Avoid cooking with or having fats like butter, oil, margarine or dripping.
- It is better to boil, steam, stew, grill, microwave or stir-fry food.
- Being a healthy weight (not too fat and not too skinny)
- Do this by eating less, eating healthy and being more active.
- It helps you lose weight and keep it off and it keeps you healthy.
- It helps your insulin to work properly.
- Walk, job, play sport, hunt, garden, work around the place.
- Be active for 30 minutes or more every day OR do 10 minutes 3 times a day.
- Take your medicine at the times the doctor told you.
- Take them with or after eating in the morning, afternoon and supper time every day.
- Refill your medicine box in the morning (get some more medicine before it gets low and so you don’t run out).
- Take your medicine with you when you go to see family, walkabout or away from home.
- Put your medicines somewhere cool, dry and safe so they won’t go bad.
- Keep your medicines out of reach of kids.
Remember to:
- Have your check-ups with your doctor, health worker or nurse. Have regular check-ups for your eyes, feet, kidneys, blood pressure, skin and teeth. If you notice anything different about your body talk to your doctor, health worker or nurse.
- Check your sugar (glucose) levels at the times your doctor, health worker or nurse tells you.
- See your doctor, health worker or nurse straight away if you feel sick.
- Check your feet and skin for sores and/or cracks every day.
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