Dietician

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How can diabetes hurt my nervous system?
Having high blood glucose for many years can damage the blood vessels that bring oxygen to some nerves. High blood glucose can also hurt the covering on the nerves. Damaged nerves may stop sending messages. Or they may send messages too slowly or at the wrong times.

What should I do each day to stay healthy with diabetes?

 * [[image:http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_nerves/images/fruit.gif caption="Drawing of a bowl containing bananas, grapes, and an apple."]] || Follow the healthy eating plan that you and your doctor or dietitian have worked out. ||
 * [[image:http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_nerves/images/walker.gif caption="Drawing of a silhouette of a woman who is walking."]] || Be active a total of 30 minutes most days. Ask your doctor what activities are best for you. ||
 * [[image:http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_nerves/images/meds2.gif caption="Drawing of an open pill container on its side with some pills spilling out and an insulin bottle."]] || Take your medicines as directed. ||
 * [[image:http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_nerves/images/meter2.gif caption="Drawing of a hand holding a blood glucose meter that reads 114."]] || Check your blood glucose every day. Each time you check your blood glucose, write the number in your record book. ||
 * [[image:http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_nerves/images/foot.gif caption="Drawing of two hands holding a bare foot."]] || Check your feet every day for cuts, blisters, sores, swelling, redness, or sore toenails. ||
 * [[image:http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_nerves/images/dental.gif caption="Drawing of a toothbrush with toothpaste on it and an open container of floss with some floss hanging out."]] || Brush and floss your teeth every day. ||
 * [[image:http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_nerves/images/BloodPressureBW.gif caption="Drawing of two arms with a blood pressure cuff around one arm. The hand of the other arm is holding the pump connected to the cuff."]] || Control your blood pressure and cholesterol. ||
 * [[image:http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_nerves/images/cigarettevector.gif caption="Drawing of a lit cigarette in a circle covered by a slash sign to show that smoking is not allowed."]] || Don’t smoke. ||

What can I do to prevent diabetes from damaging my nervous system?
Research has shown that people who kept their blood glucose close to normal were able to lower their risk of nerve damage. Here is what you can do to prevent nerve damage:
 * Keep your blood glucose as close to normal as you can.
 * Limit the amount of alcohol you drink.
 * Don’t smoke.
 * Take care of your feet
 * Tell your doctor about any problems you have with
 * your hands, arms, feet, or legs
 * your stomach, bowels, or bladder
 * Also tell your doctor if you
 * cannot always tell when your blood glucose is too low
 * feel dizzy when you go from lying down to sitting or standing

Minerals which make the N. S better:

Iron: FOOD SOURCE OF IRON: Beans and lentels Liver and organ meats Red meat (beef, mutton, pork and venison) Poultry Fish Egg yolk Iron-fortified breakfast cereals Iron-fortified flour and maize meal Dried fruit

Iodine: Seafood Leafy green veggies Kelp tablets

How alcohol affects our N.S:

Alcohol affects our N. S in two ways:

1 way: When you drink alcohol, it affects the prefrontal cortex of the brain... First of all, what is the prefrontal cortex? The prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain which makes you human, why? Because that part of the brain is the one which controls the way you take decisions, the way you think.