• Diabetes: Tips on Traveling
• Travel for Diabetics
• Healthy Living
• Q & A
• Helpful Links
• Diabetes News

Welcome to the June issue of Access Digest. This month we are looking at summertime concerns for people with diabetes, including travelling tips such as the proper handling of insulin, as well as some picnic recipes and an article about outdoor food safety.

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Each month we receive questions from our readers. We post some of the more frequent questions and answers for everyone to read. If you have questions or comments of your own, please e-mail them to us at the end of this issue.

We hope you enjoy this issue of our newsletter. Thank you for making Access Diabetic Supply your choice for diabetic supplies.

For people with diabetes, going on vacation requires extra planning. Changes in meal patterns, activity levels, and time zones can affect your blood glucose levels. Here are some tips to make traveling easier.

► Before You Leave
► What Should I Bring With Me?
► At the Airport
► Insulin Injections
► On the Road Foot Care

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Travel for Diabetics

Ready to get out of town? If you're like many people with diabetes, self-management has taught you to become a master organizer. Those skills will serve you well as you take a vacation or business trip. Managing your blood sugar when out of town comes down to planning ahead, packing wisely, sticking to your normal routine as much as possible, and making smart adjustments as the situation requires.

Just remember that being out of town may result in changes to your meal plan, normal activity level, and stress (even the good kind). Testing your blood sugar more often and keeping snacks with you at all times will help you make sure you're always feeling your best.

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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you didn’t have to bother to refrigerate your insulin when you travel? I’m sure that in the past the need to have a refrigerator nearby kept many of us from adventure travel in the third world.

While you do have to keep your insulin cool, you don’t have to strap a portable refrigerator to your back while you attempt your first ascent of Mt. Everest. Paddling down the Amazon can also be a bit inconvenient with a refrigerator.

There are many more likely trips where you might think you need to have a refrigerator for your insulin. For example, I recently booked a short vacation in a cottage on Northern California’s Russian River. My wife, who uses both insulin cartridges and vials, insisted that we get a kitchenette so she could refrigerate the insulin.

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June Lifestyle Tip: Have Insulin, Will Fly

The world definitely has become a smaller place. Traveling across multiple time zones within the span of a few hours or days is now commonplace. Overseas travel poses special problems for people with diabetes, especially those on insulin.

However, the fear of dealing with medications and acute complications should not prevent people with diabetes from traveling, whether for work or recreation. Advanced planning can help to prevent or minimize emergencies that may occur away from home.

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Outdoor food safety tips from the FDA

The picnic and barbeque season traditionally begins on Memorial Day weekend. To protect yourself, your family, and friends from food borne illness, practice safe food handling techniques when eating outdoors. Keep these tips in mind when preparing, storing, and cooking food for picnics and barbecues.

► Before you begin
► When transporting food
► Safe grilling tips
► When you serve food

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This month we are offering three featured summer recipes: Pineapple Coleslaw, Tropical Sweet Potatoes, and
Asian Grilled Chicken (serves six).

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Below are a few of the typical questions our customer care department has answered on this month's theme. Each question is linked to a Web site that gives an answer and provides more detail. We hope you find this section helpful.