You can live longer, improve your health, and lower your risk of heart disease or stroke, even if you are older and have diabetes. It starts with lifestyle changes. Talk with your doctor about your these tips and what you can do to protect your heart when you have diabetes.
- Eat foods such as fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains.
- Eat foods made with less salt and fat.
- Be active for 30 minutes or more each day.
- Stay at a healthy weight.
- Stop smoking. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for help or call 1-800-QUITNOW (1-800-784-8669).
- Take your medications as prescribed by your doctor.
- Ask your doctor about whether you should consider taking aspirin.
- Ask for help if you feel down or have trouble with stress.
- Ask your family and friends to help you take care of your heart and your diabetes.
—Source: National Diabetes Education Program, a division of the National Institutes of Health
Good Neighbor Pharmacy Health Connection, February 2014
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