Christmas Gifting Ideas for People with Diabetes

Purnima Varghese
2 min readDec 24, 2018

Come Christmas and it is amazing to see how everyone is thrilled about celebrations, decorations and gifts.

But for many despite all the brainstorming choosing the right gift seems like a far fetched possibility.

Here are few gifting ideas that can help you and the one who receives it:

  1. Diabetic Awareness: This is the most powerful tool which can help diabetics win over their lifestyle condition. An easy-to-understand and essential guide that anyone who takes insulin would appreciate. There are many online guides and books that you can refer to family and friends. The awareness gift is not just important for diabetics but for non diabetics as well to lead a healthy- happy lifestyle.
  2. Shoes: Foot care is really the best gift for diabetics. Hence comfortable shoes or professionally useful flats will serve as a great gift. One can also gift shoe vouchers to let the receiver have the liberty of choosing what they like. You can add a pair of diabetes-friendly socks too and your foot care gift will be done right.
  3. Workout Classes: Group exercise is a great way to stay motivated for fitness. So gift them great health with great company by gifting a membership for group exercise classes.
  4. Healthy Snacks: All diabetics worry about what to eat. Especially, the mid meal cravings are the worst. In order to ensure good health and fulfill the craving it is important to snack right and you can help them achieve this by gifting them healthy snacking options like- Quinoa Chips, Bajra Puffs, Khakhras etc.
  5. Glucometer: The best gift any diabetic can get is a freedom from regular clinic visits to check blood sugar levels. A great gifting idea is a glucometer- a self blood sugar monitoring device that lets you monitor, track and manage blood sugar levels anytime, anywhere.

Now that your gift problem is sorted, have a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

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