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People with Diabetes Should Examine Their Diet When Stress Comes Along
03/27/07
Nutrition & Exercise, General
Today, a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, fielded questions about diabetes on its Web site for a number of hours. There were some questions about diabetes prevention, nutrition, and insulin. However, one of the most interesting questions asked about handling stress. The person asking the question noticed that her capacity to handle stress had diminished since her diagnosis.
The expert answering the question wondered if the struggles with stress came from an inconsistent, unhealthy, or incomplete diet. Sometimes when we have emotional issues, we are anxious to talk to a mental health professional. We may consider medications. Counselors and medications are great allies in the fight against any condition, and we a proponents of them. Nevertheless, the value of nutrition is a solid building block in keeping all of us healthy, physically and emotionally.
There is also a small chance that the expert did not have an answer, so he or she defaulted to nutrition. We see that sometimes. It is easy to blame nutrition, or assume that it must be nutrition, if an issue can't be solved with current medical knowledge.