What is Diabetes?
Diabetes Team
Take Control
Tools to control diabetes
Physical activity
Healthy Food Choices
Monitoring
Medications
Healthy Future
Managing Illness
Smoking & Diabetes
Travelling with Diabetes
Family & Friends
Medical ID
Looking Ahead
Tools to control diabetes
Now that you know why controlling your diabetes is so important. Let’s take a look at how you can control it.
- Make informed decisions about your diabetes management.
- Knowledge is power...it's up to you to take charge of your future.
There are five tools you will use:
- Knowledge
- Physical Activity
- Food Choices
- Monitoring
- Medications
Knowledge
Information is one of the most powerful tools you have. The fact you
are reading this website demonstrates you are headed in the right direction.
Ask questions when you visit members of your diabetes team. They are a
great resource for diabetes related information. Diabetes programs, either
hospital or community based, offer a wealth of information and are available
in most regions in Canada. A physician's referral is not always required
to attend a diabetes program.
No matter which types of resources you use, remember to make sure the
information is from a reliable source. Keep current with the standards
of diabetes care and newest research by attending a diabetes update in your community and keep in touch with news items on the web and in daily newspapers.
