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What Is Type 1 Diabetes?
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Follow Your Meal Plan
Following your meal plan helps you eat right. This helps control the amount of sugar in your blood.
  • Your health care team will help you make a meal plan that works for you.
  • You don't have to give up all the foods you like. But you do need to follow some guidelines.
  • You need to eat your meals and snacks at about the same times each day. Never skip meals.
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Exercise
Exercise helps lower your blood sugar.
  • Your health care team will work with you to plan an exercise program that's best for you.
  • Your exercise program will be based on what shape you are in and what you like to do.
  • You need to get the right amount of exercise for the insulin you take and the food you eat.
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Take Care of Yourself
With diabetes, you are more likely to get other health problems. These include foot, eye, heart, and kidney problems.
  • Your health care team will tell you how to care for yourself to help prevent these problems.
  • You also need to have frequent checkups, including eye and foot exams and blood tests.
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