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Diabetes

• A Guide to Eating Out If You Have Diabetes
  Read about the areas of concern for people with diabetes when eating away from home.
• A1C Testing (Adults)
  A1C testing is a blood test that measures your average blood sugar level over the past 2 to 3 months.
• Alcohol and Type 2 Diabetes
  Use of alcohol should be discussed with your doctor. If you have type 1 diabetes, you are at greater risk for developing seriously low blood sugar.
• Basic Carbohydrate Counting for Diabetes Management
  Carbohydrate Counting offers suggestions and tips about how to eat carbohydrates while maintaining your insulin needs and diabetes control.
• Battling Diabetes (Your Health Magazine)
  Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a disease in which the body is either unable to produce enough insulin, or cannot effectively use the insulin it does produce.
• Checking Your Blood Sugar When You Have Diabetes
  It is important to monitor your blood sugar level so that you can try to identify causes of high or lows, report your blood sugar results to your doctor or diabetes educators, and act on the results.
• Complications of Diabetes
  There are a number of serious complications that can develop as a result of having ether type 1 or type 2 diabetes, especially if diabetes is not well controlled.
• Cooking Tips for People with Diabetes
  Many of your favourite recipes can be adapted to fit into the Healthy Eating For Type 2 Diabetes.
• Diabetes and the Eye
  Diabetes can affect many parts of your body, including your blood vessels, nerves, kidneys, heart, and eyes. It blinds four-hundred Canadians every year.
• Distant Vision—Diabetes patients in remote communites get needed eye screening (Your Health Magazine)
  New technology helps diabetes patients in remote communites get the eye disease screening and treatment they need.
• Foot Care for People With Diabetes
  Proper foot care is important for people who have diabetes.
• Non-prescription Medications and Diabetes
  Most nonprescription medications will not interfere greatly with your blood sugar control or your diabetes medication.
• Pills for Treating Diabetes
  Sometimes healthy eating and regular activity are not enough to control blood sugar levels so diabetes pills may need to be taken.
• Travel and Type 2 Diabetes
  If travel is part of your lifestyle, it is important to continue even if you have diabetes. However, extra planning is necessary to ensure a safe and enjoyable trip.
• Travel Tips for People with Diabetes
  Some topics this site includes are tips for planning ahead, tips for different types of travel, insulin storage and use, keeping blood glucose under control and a checklist.
• Type 2 Diabetes Care Record
  When you have diabetes, it is important to have certain tests done regularly. This record can help you keep track of your test results. Please print this record and keep it up to date so you can discuss your results with your health team.
• Type 2 Diabetes: Sick Days
  Type 2 Diabetes can be managed when you are sick.
• What is Diabetes?
  Diabetes, also called diabetes mellitus, is a condition in which your body cannot use sugar properly.