• Introduction to diabetes
• Treatment & your health
• Living with diabetes
• What care to expect
• Year of care
• Complications
• Food and recipes
• Food and diabetes
• Recipes
• Shopping
• Celebrations and eating out
• Fasting and diabetes
• The dangers of fasting
• Your diet and treatment
• Other factors to consider
• Alcohol and diabetes
• Sugar and sweeteners
• Educational events
• Your stories
• My life - for young people with diabetes

Other factors to consider

If there is evidence of any damage to your eyes, kidneys, heart or the nerves in your hands and feet, it would not be advisable for you to fast. You must talk to your healthcare team about this as they will know the extent of any existing damage due to high blood glucose levels, and will be able to advise on the risk of further damage if you follow the fast.

Many people with diabetes on tablets or insulin would not be medically advised to fast for the longer periods and, if this is the case for you, this should be discussed with your religious leader in order to obtain permission not to fast. If medication is recommended during the fast, this should also be discussed with the your religious leader.