In this Article

• Eating and Diabetes
• Diabetes and Blood Glucose Levels
• Your Diabetes Medicines
• Diabetes and Exercise
• Diabetes and Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia)
• Diabetes and the Food Pyramid
• How much should I eat each day?
• Starches
• Vegetables
• Fruits
• Milk
• Meat and Meat Substitutes
• Fats and Sweets
• Diabetes and Your Meal Plan
• Diabetes and Measuring Your Food
• Diabetes - When You Are Sick
• How to Find More Help - Living with Diabetes
• Diabetic Diet Index

Your Diabetes Medicines

What you eat and when you eat affect how your diabetes medicines work. Talk with your doctor or diabetes teacher about when to take your diabetes medicines. Fill in the names of your diabetes medicines, when to take them, and how much to take. Draw hands on the clocks to show when to take your medicines.

Print out this chart. Fill in the names of your medicines, when to take them, and how much to take. If you take your medicine with a meal, write down the name of the meal. Draw hands on the clocks to show when to take your medicines.

	Name of medicine: __________________ Time: ________ Meal: _______________ How much: ________________________
	Name of medicine: __________________ Time: ________ Meal: _______________ How much: ________________________
	Name of medicine: __________________ Time: ________ Meal: _______________ How much: ________________________
	Name of medicine: __________________ Time: ________ Meal: _______________ How much: ________________________