Attaining and maintaining a healthy weight is essential for everyone with diabetes. Weight control is exceedingly important in treating type 2 diabetes for the reason that more body fat makes it complicated for people with type 2 diabetes to create and use their own insulin. In condition you are obese, losing just from10 to 20 pounds may advance your blood sugar control to such extend that you can stop taking or lessen your medicine.
 If you smoke and have been diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor will advise that you give up because smoking makes problems caused by diabetes worse. People with diabetes can have blood flow problems in the legs and feet, which can sometimes lead to amputation. Smoking can reduce blood flow even more. Smoking can also worsen sexual impotence in men, because high levels of LDL cholesterol - the bad type of cholesterol - can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. So if you have diabetes and you smoke, you need to cease.
Although alcohol in small proportions can be fit into your meal plan if your blood sugar is under good control, drinking alcohol on an empty stomach can cause low blood sugar. Alcohol can add complications of diabetes, so ask your doctor how much alcohol can be included in your meal plan and then adhere it.
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