Table 10 Selected quotations from individuals with diabetes and hypertension
How individuals with diabetes and/or hypertension manage their disease |
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• “We have to control ourselves for what we eat or drink. With the medication, it helps.” – 53 y/o F, mixed ethnicity |
• “Exercise most importantly. Take my medication. Do not eat starchy foot! Mostly vegetables. But it is hard to eat veg everyday.” – 38 y/o F, mixed ethnicity |
• “I do not eat much salt or lard. I do not drink any coffee.” – 31 y/o F, Q’eqchi' Mayan |
• “You have to eat less salt. The thing that you eat – especially when you buy at the shop. It has salt. Like pig tail. It has a lot of salt. I eat it only once a week.” – 59 y/o M, Garifuna |
• “I do not drink sugar. I stop drinking coffee. I eat meat. Not fats. I try herbs. I try the bitter one – I do not know which one. It works. I drink at morning, midday, and in the evening. I also drink the noni fruit. Raw onion – it is good for high cholesterol. I also eat garlic. I eat raw garlic.” – 41 y/o F, Q’eqchi' Mayan |