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Patient Guide

‘A Guide to Help You Live and Thrive with Diabetes’. The guide is grouped into 5 sections:

  1. Treat Diabetes
  2. Get Active
  3. Eat Healthy
  4. Feel Well
  5. Take Control
a guide to help you live and thrive with diabetes

You can also access tools to support the lifestyle changes you want to make. These tools can help you manage your diabetes, keep track of your diabetes medicines, start an exercise program, set goals and build action plans.

View or download the entire guide or select a certain chapter from the list below.

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A Guide to Help You Live and Thrive with Diabetes

Authors & Contributors

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Overview of Diabetes

Chapter 2: Manage Your Blood Sugar

Chapter 3: Manage Your Diabetes

Chapter 4: Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia)

Chapter 5: High Blood Sugar (Hyperglycemia)

Chapter 6: Health Problems with Diabetes

Chapter 7: Diabetes Medicines

Chapter 1: Getting Active & Starting an Exercise Program

Chapter 2: Types of Exercise

Chapter 3: Your Exercise Safety

Chapter 1: Nutrition Basics

Chapter 2: Mindful Eating and Intuitive Eating

Chapter 3: Fibre and Glycemic Index

Chapter 4: Cholesterol, Triglycerides and the Mediterranean Diet Pattern

Chapter 5: Lower Your Blood Pressure with the DASH Diet Pattern

Chapter 6: Learn How to Read Food Labels

Chapter 1: Managing Your Feelings and Diabetes Burnout

Chapter 2: Sleep, Stress, Anxiety and Depression

Chapter 3: A Healthy Relationship

Chapter 1: Vision, Goals and Action Plans

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