Continual follow-up with diabetes team. Careful record keeping of blood sugar readings. Healthy eating habits. Using medications as prescribed. Putting all these ingredients together can be baffling at times, which is why your CDE's help can be so valuable.
Many people say that the toughest part of the plan is nutrition.
Information from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial tells us that some favorites may be worked in your meal plan on occasion. Pinpoint the time of the day that you seem to be hungriest. Stay with your routine by planning a healthy snack at that time. A key to good glucose levels is consistency. Eating about the same amounts of the same types of foods about the same time every day will factor in consistency.