Some common stress reduction techniques for diabetes include meditation, mindfulness, breath work and relaxation. Watch endocrinologist Reza Yavari, MD, discuss the importance of stress reduction if you are managing diabetes on a regular basis.
Chronic disease such as diabetes often leads to chronic stress. We have to learn stress reduction modalities to be able to deal with chronic stress. Some of these modalities include meditation, mindfulness, breath work, relaxation and at times some very personal regiment such as taking a long on walk or for a hike or for a swim.
Discuss these with your doctors because it is very important to be equipped with stress production with stress reduction techniques to handle the burden of diabetes.
Reza Yavari, MD, is an endocrinologist board Certified in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. He is the author of It Must Be My Metabolism. He teaches at the Yale School of Medicine.
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