Diabetes Awareness Newsletter - November 2025

ACT NOW TO PREVENT DIABETES NEWSLETTER Wellness NOVEMBER 2025 MEDITATE Mindfulness can help you manage stress, which is recommended to prevent chronic diseases. Check out Patti Holland’s last month mindfulness program recording HERE! HOW TO PREVENT DIABETES Check out the ADA FOOD HUB! You can get delicious recipes and attend cooking classes online!! COOK DIABETES AWARENESS November is Diabetes Awareness Month! Living a healthy lifestyle is helpful in prevention of nearly any disease or health condition, but it’s particularly important in preventing type 2 diabetes. Below are some adjustments you can make to your daily life that will go a long way in preventing and reversing prediabetes as well as preventing type 2 diabetes: Quit smoking and reduce alcohol consumption Slowly add 30 mins of exercise into your daily routine Manage your blood pressure Eat a primarily whole food plant-based diet Lifestyle Medicine has the solution! Type 2 diabetes (T2D) impacts around 12% of adults in the United States, with an increasing occurrence among younger age groups and roughly 23% of those with diabetes go undiagnosed. Research indicates that sufficiently intensive lifestyle intervention, particularly adopting a predominantly whole-food, plant-based dietary pattern, exercise, and sleep, may be comparable to bariatric surgery, a commonly recognized means of effectively achieving T2D remission, but without the potential for side effects. Lifestyle interventions are the cornerstone of therapy for lifestyle medicine, a specialty that prevents, treats, and in some case reverse chronic diseases like diabetes. There are simple steps to preventing diabetes. Check out all simple steps to lowering your risk from Harvard School of Public Health Here!