Regular monitoring can help you see the \neffects of food, exercise, medication and \nillness on your blood glucose levels. It \ncan also help you identify any patterns or \nchanges in your blood glucose levels that \nyou should discuss with your doctor or \ndiabetes health...

Carbohydrate counting is a way of estimating the amount of carbohydrate \nin different foods to help you with managing your diabetes.

There is no need to prepare separate\nmeals or buy special foods. By choosing\ningredients and recipes that are low in\nsaturated fat and salt, high in fibre and\ncontain less added sugar, you can make\nhealthy and nutritious meals suitable for\neveryone.

When you have diabetes, your body either can’t make insulin\nor the insulin it makes doesn’t work properly. This results in too much\nglucose in the bloodstream.

Hypos can occur in people with diabetes who take insulin or other types of glucose lowering medications. It’s important to treat a hypo quickly to stop your blood glucose level from falling even lower. Untreated hypos can be dangerous and can put you at...