How to manage weight long term in diabetes.

This is Donna Van Zyl, a Registered Dietitian at Nutritional Solutions, discussing important factors relating to the dietary needs of individuals with diabetes.

Donna van Zyl, Specialist Diabetic Dietician explains that there are not any specific diet for people with Diabtes. Your diet needs to be balanced and be appropriate to you and your activities and exercise.

Salma Mehar, Consultant Diabetes Dietician, talks about how important it is to engage with Healthcare providers to learn how to manage your Diabetes and blood glucose. She also talks about the importance of weight management in preventing complications in people with Diabetes. She talks about various sources of information available from face to face to online.

Daniel talks about his strategies for healthy eating and maintaining a healthy weight. His main experience is to not allow Diabetes to take over his life, but he maintains a healthy Mediterranean style diet.

Chris explains that for him, the key word is balance. This was the title of Diabetes UK's magazine! He talks about how it's all about balance between carbohydrates intake and insulin and exercise. He explains that you have to be regular with things with Diabetes. Chris talks about the DAFNE programme making things significantly better in terms of everyday life. Lastly he talks about eating and how he deals with food generally.