Depending on the type of treatment regimen you use to control your diabetes, some vitamins and supplements may be of use to you.| Diabetes
Knowing and understanding the symptoms of high and low blood sugar should be essential for both diabetics and their friends and families.| Diabetes
Learning about food is one of the best ways to manage type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Food, Diet and Recipes section contains guides on different diabetes diet types, diet management, food information and a recipe database of 3,200 diabetes friendly recipes.| Diabetes
Effective management of diabetes cannot be achieved without an appropriate diet. Read guides to popular dietary approaches and find the right diet for you.| Diabetes
Knowing that you have to exercise and how to actually do it are two different things. The type, level and duration of physical activity that you undertake as a diabetic will depend on what is suitable for you, something you should agree with your doctor or healthcare team.| Diabetes
Meet the diabetes community. Find support, ask questions and share experiences in the diabetes forum with people with diabetes, friends and carers.| Diabetes Forum
This section looks at the different systems in the body, how the body'organs work and how they can be affected by diabetes.| Diabetes
The UK is the fattest country in Europe. The number of obese adults is forecast to rise by 73% over the next 20 years from to 26 million people, resulting in more than a million extra cases of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer.| Diabetes
Protein is one of the three main energy providing macronutrients, along with carbohydrate and fat. Protein helps the body to grow new tissue, therefore helping to build muscle and repair damage to the body.| Diabetes
Blood vessels are vital for the body and play a key role in diabetes helping to transport glucose and insulin.| Diabetes
Having high blood pressure is a key risk factor in developing heart disease, stroke and other complications of diabetes.| Diabetes
There is no need for people with diabetes to give up alcohol simply because of their diabetes. Although alcohol does have an effect on blood sugar levels, with a few precautions and careful management, people with diabetes can also enjoy a drink.| Diabetes
The information that smoking is bad for us is everywhere, but for diabetics, smoking can be even more damaging.| Diabetes
Kidney disease amongst diabetics is commonly called diabetic nephropathy. Approximately 40% of people with diabetes will develop diabetic nephropathy.| Diabetes