The most important thing to control diabetes during trips and celebrations at this time of parties is preparation.
Be clear about what you can eat, how to enjoy some traditional favorite dishes and continue with a healthy eating plan, and how to pack what is necessary for trips;This will be ready to celebrate.
banquets and celebrations
To make sure not to interrupt healthy eating plans, before leaving, you have to do the following:
• Eat a healthy snack to avoid eating more at the party.
• Ask what kind of food will be served, to know if they are part of their food plan.
• Carry a nutritious snack or a meal prepared for yourself and for other people.
• In a buffet, and if possible, use the food and you have to sit to eat in a room away from food.
• Serve smaller portions.
• Take drinks with few calories such as water with gas, sugarless tea or dietary drinks.If alcohol will be taken, limit the amount and drink it with the food.You have to limit yourself to a drink per day if you are a woman, two if you are a man.
• Be careful with the favorite meals of the holidays, which are more “heavy”, such as hams glazed with honey, with a lot of sauce and accompaniments full of butter, sour cream, cheese or mayonnaise.
• Take care of salt.Some classic parties of the parties are made with food already prepared high in sodium.Choose fresh or frozen vegetables in sodium.
• Eat fruits instead of cakes, cakes or other desserts with a high content of fats, cholesterol and sugar.
• Grant more in friends, relatives and activities than in food.Go out to walk after meals or dance when you are at a party.
Remember to take your medications
In case of long trips:
• Packaging twice the diabetes supplies that it plans to use, in case there are delays on the trip.
• Have refreshments, gel or glucose tablets in case you lower your glucose level.
• Be sure to always have the card of your medical insurance and telephone numbers for emergency, such as your doctor's name and phone.
• Take a medical identification that says you have diabetes.
• Take into account the changes in the schedules to know when you should take your medications.
• If you use insulin, be sure to also have an emergency kit with the Glucagon drug.
• Keep the insulin at low temperature inside an insulating bag with cold gel packages.