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After school, my brother and I are hungry and want to eat snacks, but we must finish eating before going back home, since we have a grandpa who loves to eat sweet food and suffers from diabetes. Whenever my grandpa saw my brother and I ate desserts, he would ask us to share with him. However, our parents warned us that for the sake of grandpa’s health, we couldn’t share any sweets with him.

It was in a physical examination three years ago that a doctor discovered grandpa had diabetes. The doctor advised grandpa to take medicine, get diagnosed regularly, change his diet habits, eat less high-sugar and high-calorie food, balance nutrition to eat more vegetables and fruit, stop smoking and drinking, go to bed and wake up early, form a habit to exercise regularly, so his blood sugar could be well-controlled and have a healthy body.
Optimistic grandpa was not aware of his disease. He just often felt thirsty and would like to drink more water, eat more, urinate more, and also felt tired more easily, but grandpa did not take it seriously. He not only needed to be reminded to take his medicine, but also he did not worry about his diet.

My mother for this reason looked up related information and cookbooks, discussed with a dietician in the hospital to make healthy and delicious low-sugar and low-calorie food. My father was responsible to remind grandpa to take medicine punctually and go back to the hospital for examination regularly. My brother and I were responsible to check if grandpa ate desserts and accompanied our grandpa to take a walk after dinner everyday. In addition, the whole family has outdoor activities during holidays. We hope our grandpa feels happy everyday, so he can defeat diabetes easily!

My father said that to invest and manage money is not as good as to invest in your health. If we want to live longer and have a good quality of life, we must plan as early as possible, so we will not get chronic diseases. As for the hereditary family disease – diabetes – we have already fully-prepared for its treatment and prevention, and we believe we can live healthily for a long time!