Eating during the holidays with diabetes can be challenging. How do you find good-for-you, diabetes-friendly recipes that you and your family will want to eat? What foods should you avoid if you are diabetic? How should you manage your diabetes and your blood sugar level? How do you stay stress-free during this hectic time of year? Don’t worry. Your holiday plan starts right here, right now. 

This National Diabetes Awareness Month (November) is the perfect time to start practicing your healthy holiday eating strategies, especially if you’re diabetic. You don’t want the holiday spirit to take over your body (and your blood sugar level) for that five-to-six week stretch between Thanksgiving and the New Year. 

To help you stay festive, focused and fit without being a holiday scrooge over every nibble, bite and sip, here’s a helpful dos and don’ts guide for diabetics to stay health-wise this holiday season. 

Here’s what you need to know and do:

• It’s important to manage your diabetes every day even on special days like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s.
  • Diabetic Diet: How to Manage Your Diabetes on Thanksgiving Day
  • Holiday Time: What Foods Should I Avoid If I Am Diabetic?
• Try out new diabetic recipes that are tasty, easy to prepare and low-cost to make for the holidays.
  • Festive Meal Plan: A List of Foods for Diabetics to Eat
  • Video l How to Make Banana Pudding
• Take good advice from diabetes experts and stay up-to-date on health tips that might help you manage your diabetes and stay well.
  • Health Tip: Balance Stress and Your Blood Sugar Level, Too