During Christmas, eating more sweets could result in higher blood glucose levels as well as there can be chance of gaining extra weight. A best thing to remember during the festive season is to check your blood sugar levels. If your blood glucose levels are normal or more than normal, so plan how you are going to manage your diet in advance, relax and enjoy delicious food over the festive season. If you eating out and you are having diabetes, it can be hard to fully relax because you might be worrying about the changes to the food you are going to eat at the special occasion. If someone else is in charge of the menu- at a restaurant or in someone else’s home- You might feel more worried, particularly there can be more chances to indulge than usual over the festive period. But like rest of the year, eating with diabetes is a matter of balance. Enjoy Yourself at Christmas:

• Balance your eating, reading and relaxing time with a good walk or other activity to utilize your blood glucose
• Stick to your usual routine diabetic diet plan as much as possible
• If you eating out try not to arrive hungry or you are likely to overeat. Keep your regular meal pattern and have a small filling snack just before you head out such as a piece of fruit
• Choose a restaurant or cafe that serves a good variety of healthy options
• Start your meal with some appetiz

Tips for diabetes care while traveling

Traveling with diabetes is comfortable and safe as long as you plan carefully. Good planning includes taking to your health care provider and doing a little research before leaving, careful packing, and knowing about airport security.

What to do before leaving on your trip:

• Talk to your health care provider about your travel plans.
• If you’re on insulin, ask about getting a prescription for a glucagon kit.
• Make sure your immunizations, your immunization record and your written health record are up to date, especially if traveling abroad.
• Make sure that all medications you carry and all diabetes supplies have their prescription labels on them.
• If you use a daily or weekly medication reminder pack, take the original prescription labels with you.
• Refill any prescriptions that may expire during your travel.
• Keep your health insurance cared on you at all times. Review health insurance policy