Diabetic Diet (cont.)
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 Your Diabetes Medicines
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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.
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Diabetic Diet - Medicines
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Diabetic Diet - Exercise
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Diabetic Diet - Fruit and Vegetables
Question: Incorporating fruits and vegetables into a diabetic diet is important. How do you make it work?
Diabetic Diet - Meat and Protein
Question: Describe how you add meat and other proteins into your diet to manage diabetes.
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