Managing Type 2 Diabetes for People who are Street Homeless
 
We understand it can be difficult to prioritise Type 2 diabetes when you do not have access to a kitchen or the means to buy food.

This leaflet is designed to provide some basic dietary tips to help you manage your Type 2 diabetes if you are street homeless.

The key is not having too much sugar or carbohydrates in your meal at any one time

• If you are only have access to one meal per day then try to eat half straight away and then save half of the meal to eat throughout the day. This is will help you to not have too high blood sugar levels at any one time. 
• Ideas to help with this:
• Keep a plastic container or sandwich bags in your bag to store food in
• Keep fruit or cereal bars in your pockets
• Have tinned food if available
• Try not to eat more than 2 slices of bread at any given time
• Try using sweeteners or ‘half and half’ instead of sugar in your tea and coffee
• Turn overleaf for food options that can help you manage your diabetes and what can make it worse

Dr Amy-Kate Hurrell
Specialist Clinical Psychologist
 
Long Term Health Conditions and Primary Care (Tower Hamlets - Network 2)
Spitalfields Practice
20 Old Montague Street 
London
E1 5PB