Habits are essential to our health. They can make or break your chances of achieving and maintaining our lifestyle goals such as sticking to an eating plan, exercising regularly, and managing diabetes/other medical conditions, along with increasing quality of life and promoting longevity.
Bad habits like increased consumption of sugary soft drinks and fast food, as well as low activity levels are linked to development of chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes. On the flip side, maintaining healthy habits, such as eating plenty of fruit, vegetables and fresh foods and exercising regularly can prove very beneficial to health. Healthy habits can help us achieve proper weights, keep blood sugars in range and help lower the risk of diseases like diabetes and cancer.
Understanding what habits are, as well as recognizing our own, good and bad is an important step towards helping you manage your diabetes and overall health.