Helping people gain better

Posted on January 10, 2025

Successfully managing a chronic condition like diabetes day in and day out takes consistent effort to ensure your symptoms are in check and they do not worsen or cause greater medical complications.

With the start of the new year, now is a great time to evaluate what you are doing to take care of your overall health in general, as well as your diabetes.  

Here are some tips that our team of board-certified endocrinologists and diabetes experts suggest for effectively managing your diabetes, and you may notice that your cholesterol, blood pressure, and mental health potentially benefit as well!

Top Tips for Managing Diabetes

1.         Eat smart. Practice portion control, consume meals in conjunction with your medication times, and ensure sugars, carbs, and calories are all where they need to be to support healthy glucose levels. There are limitless food tracking apps and tools available to help you out. 

2.         Get fit and stay active. Find a sport or physical hobby that you enjoy doing, and stick with it. Keeping physically active has a host of health benefits, including balancing insulin and glucose levels while boosting circulation and your mood. Aim for 30 minutes, five times weekly for average adults. 

3.         Zone in on your zzz’s. Getting an adequate amount of sleep can help with blood glucose levels too and provide your brain and body the rest it needs to smartly map out and manage your diabetes and health goals for each day.

4.         Watch your weight.  Try to reach, and then stay within, a healthy weight range as designated by you and your doctor to best control diabetes and provide you with optimal health benefits. Texas Diabetes & Endocrinology (TD&E) offers weight loss management to help you find the most effective and personalized way to go about this. 

5.         Manage your mental health. Just as you tend to your physical health, make sure your mental health is not neglected. Having a positive outlook and resources to rely on when facing a challenging condition like diabetes can make a huge difference. 

6.         Store and take all medications properly. Make sure you are following your endocrinologist’s instructions on how to take medications and store them the right way. Timing of doses and temperatures often matter for things like insulin which needs to be refrigerated. 

7.         Limit alcohol intake. Alcohol can affect the liver and the body’s ability to process sugar in negative ways, so be cautious and do so in moderation when drinking and opt for beverages like light beers or clear liquors that do not have extra sugar or sweeteners.  

8.         Update your devices. If you rely on continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, or other digital tools to support your diabetes management, check that they are all working properly, have current updates installed, and/or batteries are refreshed as needed. 

9.         Explore clinical trials to help you better manage your diabetes. TD&E offers numerous clinical trialsproviding new, cutting-edge therapies and treatments promising to offset the many serious symptoms and side effects of diabetes. Learn more about how participating could enhance your quality of life while advancing science for the worldwide diabetes community through our current research trials available here.

Happy New Year from TD&E, and please let us know how we can better support you to reach your health goals in 2025!

Contact Us to Help Manage your Diabetes, Osteoporosis and Thyroid Conditions 

If you’d like to schedule an appointment with one of our specialists at Texas Diabetes & Endocrinology and discover how our diabetes services  and other endocrinology therapies can help you lead a full and active life, please contact us at (512) 458-8400 or request an appointment online.  

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