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Managing day-to-day life with diabetes can be a challenge, but education and awareness are key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle and staying in control of diabetes. 
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As of 2012, 29 million Americans had diabetes, most with Type 2, the kind that is closely tied to obesity and is showing up in teens as well as adults. It’s estimated 86 million more have pre-diabetes, or 1 out of 3 Americans; many who don’t yet know it.
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Meet Jane. Jane is 25 years old, and got engaged last year. She has Type 1 diabetes, and is currently on medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Jane came to me to address her fear of checking her blood sugar. She also expressed concerns about her relationship with her fiancé.
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Imagine that you’ve always felt out of place in a crowd—even in a group of friends. Now, your new diabetes diagnosis makes you stand out even more, and you find yourself avoiding social situations.
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Yoga for life provides expert tips of how to cure Diabetes with the help of yoga.
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Dealing with the diagnosis of diabetes and the details of the daily grind can be overwhelming. Finding balance is essential to healthy living. Clinical psychologist Dr. Bill Polonsky, joins our host Dr. Steven Edelman to discuss common emotional pitfalls that get in the way of diabetes management and what can be done about them.
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The emotions that accompany a diabetes or pre-diabetes diagnosis can often be overlooked but they are a crucial part of the treatment plan. Common emotions you might feel after receiving your diagnosis are panic, denial, confusion, frustration, anger and fear. Anger, frustration and fear are all born out of a lack of control over your health situation. The first step to treating diabetes is to recognize and manage your feelings about your diagnose otherwise they will sabotage your attempts to stick to your treatment plan and lifestyle changes.
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Diabetes is rampant in India – 60 million-plus Indians are currently living with the disease and one million die from it each year. Furthermore, Indians tend to get the disease at an earlier age – often in their 30s and 40s – during their prime earning years.
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For patients with both diabetes and a psychiatric disorder, resolving your mental health issues is vital to managing your diabetes care. For some people medication is necessary; for others, holistic practices like meditation and yoga help. Sometimes it’s a combination of the two. Just about everyone can benefit from weekly or biweekly therapy sessions.
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Now, I am going to discuss how denial changed or didn’t change me, as well as the impact denial had on my life. Where in my previous blog, “Diabetes: Losing Your Way of Living Life,” I talked about denial and the impact it had on my diagnosis day.
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Many people living with diabetes — including those who are managing it with great success — report that one of the toughest parts is that diabetes never takes a day off. And that means you can’t either. Living with type 2 diabetes every day can make you feel discouraged, angry, sad, stressed, or even depressed.
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