CHRISTMAS is approaching and it is a busy time with preparations and planning for Christmas.

As a charity for people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, we know that it can be a difficult time for people with diabetes, especially if it is their first Christmas living with diabetes.

It can be a time of foods we don’t usually eat, temptation, unpredictable or delayed meals, extra nibbles, excitement and stress, all of which can make managing diabetes more difficult.

Our FREE Winter Newsletters have been published and we also have a free booklet, “Diabetes at Christmas” to help families who live with the condition.

This booklet gives various options for Christmas dinners, a recipe for homemade, lower carbohydrate and calorie Christmas pudding and many other tips.

We also have two booklets which may be useful, Diet and Diabetes’ and ‘Diabetes – Everyday Eating’. We hope that the Newsletter and these booklets will help to make life easier over the festive season.

All our booklets are free and we are happy to send any of them to your readers, they just need to contact IDDT on 01604 622837 or email: [email protected]

Jenny Hirst

Co-Chair

InDependent Diabetes Trust [IDDT]

www.iddt.org