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Diabetes: Coping With Your Feelings About Your Diet

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Overview

Your feelings can affect how well you take care of yourself when you have diabetes. Negative emotions about food and your diet can make it harder to follow a healthy eating plan. But your feelings can also help you. If you feel like you're doing something good for your health, it may help you stay motivated. You can feel better about your eating plan and yourself.

To deal with your feelings in a positive way:


How to deal with negative feelings about your diet for diabetes

Our emotions influence what we eat, when we eat, and how much we eat. So negative feelings can interfere with how well you can follow your diet for diabetes. If you can let go of those feelings, you'll be more likely to follow a healthy diet. These tips can help you manage your feelings.

If your feelings keep getting in the way of taking care of yourself, talk with a health professional about counseling.


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Current as of: September 20, 2023

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