People with diabetes need to do moderate exercise, but this does not mean working out has to feel like a chore. In fact, if you engage your mind and senses, exercise can be full of fun. Let’s use running as an example to show why exercise can be enjoyable. When running, people with diabetes can […]
How Can People with Diabetes Thank Those Who Care for Them?
People with diabetes always have people around who care for and support them — such as family members, friends, colleagues, or fellow patients they have met. Having such people is a great blessing for those living with diabetes. Without these kind and respectable individuals, life would lose much of its beauty and richness. So how […]
Multiple Options for Health Management Records for People with Diabetes
People with diabetes sometimes need to record their measured blood glucose levels, and some also proactively keep track of their blood pressure and other readings.Recording health-related data or abnormal events is a good habit for those with diabetes. It helps with personal analysis and allows easy review when communicating with doctors. Today, I’d like to […]
Want Fresh Food? People with Diabetes Should Buy Groceries Daily
After owning a refrigerator, people with diabetes tend to get used to buying food in one trip, then storing everything in the fridge to take out later when needed.However, there is a problem: no matter what kind of food or ingredients it is, they lose freshness if kept in the fridge for too long. Besides, […]
Making a Friend with Diabetes Can Be Better for Your Health
People with diabetes can make friends with peers or older individuals who have the same type of diabetes. In this way, they will not feel lonely or helpless. Social connection is a basic human need, and people with diabetes are no exception. Making friends with other people of the same sex who have diabetes can […]
For People with Diabetes: Nurture the Body AND Nurture the Mind
Everyone understands that people with diabetes must prioritize managing their physical health. Maintaining good physical condition is essential and deserves serious attention. The overall principle of physical health management for diabetes is to keep blood sugar stable and receive necessary treatment as prescribed by doctors. In addition, people with diabetes should recognize that the human […]
Advice for People with Diabetes: Don’t Stay Indoors All the Time — Go Out for a Walk
Staying at home may seem safe and trouble-free for people with diabetes, but spending too much time indoors can gradually isolate you from the real world and make you miss many genuine beauties of life. Long-term confinement at home reduces real-world connections, easily rigidifies one’s thinking, and triggers negative emotions such as low mood, boredom, […]
Master Your Exercise: One Mobile Fitness App Is Enough
People with diabetes can use dedicated mobile fitness apps to help manage their exercise. Such apps have many advantages: convenience, a wide variety of fitness programs, real-time exercise data recording, data analysis, and customized workout plans based on your personal information (custom plans are usually a membership feature). Since most fitness apps offer similar functions […]
Advice for People with Diabetes: Do Not Easily Believe or Try Folk Remedies
Folk remedies often circulate for diseases that are difficult to cure, and diabetes is no exception. A quick online search will show you numerous such remedies, even though modern medicine is highly advanced. The spread of folk remedies is not accidental. It usually stems from people’s eagerness to cure hard-to-treat diseases and their sincere wish […]
Be a Rational Optimist: Advice for People with Diabetes
Once diagnosed with diabetes, patients have to face a wide range of issues, including diabetic diets, exercise, treatment, and more. In my view, people with diabetes hold a dual identity: they are both patients and managers of their own health. From the perspective of being a patient, people with diabetes, like any other patients, bear […]