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When you received your type 2 diabetes diagnosis, did you feel as if you failed yourself in some way? I know I did. Then the hammer really dropped when I was told I needed 4 insulin shots every day. The first question I asked myself, “Why can’t I be like every other diabetic I know, and just take a pill?”

They say God works in mysterious ways! If I only had to take a pill, my life would be in a very different direction. As I look back, most likely down a road of deteriorating health.

Tired of managing your diabetes? There are days that I feel that way, too. The holidays add an extra challenge to “be good.”

In November’s article I shared three ways to reduce stress during the holiday season whether you have diabetes or not. Today, I am suggesting you forget you have diabetes on the holiday.

Is that a sigh of relief I hear?

Go ahead, savor the flavor of your favorite foods!

I love the holiday season. People taking notice of each other and taking time to work together to get things done. Making meals together, shopping together and just spending quality time together.

Yet, there are stressors that come with all that holiday joy. How we not only handle it, but plan for it can determine our success to keeping our glucose levels in check.

When taking diabetes medications, you are advised to change your diet along with use of the drug. This brings me to my point that lifestyle changes should be the first line of defense against prediabetes and diabetes. The earlier everyone considers lifestyle changes as the ultimate alternative to diabetes treatment, the earlier we can slow and reverse the progression of this unnecessary disease.

Realize it will take commitment and belief that you can reverse type 2 diabetes naturally. It can reduce and even eliminate worrisome medication side effects.

Who wants to belong to one of the largest clubs in the U.S. with nearly 115 million people? The love of food bringing people together.

As members, we pass each other in the halls at work. We could eye each other at a restaurant. We see each other at the pharmacy or in the waiting room at the doctor’s office. It doesn’t take much to tell who the members are.