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12 Tips to Avoid Diabetes Complications
Medically Reviewed by Poonam Sachdev on March 06, 2022
Choose Carbs Carefully
1/12
Lose Weight If You Need To
2/12
Get Enough Sleep
3/12
Be Active: Exercise and Diabetes
4/12
Monitor Your Blood Sugar Daily
5/12
Manage Stress
6/12
Say No to Salt
7/12
Heart Disease Risk and Diabetes
8/12
Take Care of Bumps and Bruises
9/12
Break Your Smoking Habit
10/12
Pick Super Foods, Don't Supersize
11/12
Set Up Doctor Visits
12/12
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REFERENCES:
American Diabetes Association.
American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Forecast, September 2009.
American Heart Association.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Mayo Clinic.
March 06, 2022
Medically Reviewed by: Poonam Sachdev, MD
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