This is not an advice column. It is the opposite. If you, like the DiabetesDailyGrind, want to make the most of your Thanksgiving with friends and family, avoid the following seven diabetes-related behaviors:

1)  Be the high school hero during the annual family football game.

After scoring every touchdown, making every tackle, and breaking your niece’s collarbone, your family will most likely say “See you next year” and you’ll be low.

2) Join spirited conversations over the Middle East or Donald Trump.

3) Flip a family member the bird, storm out of the house, and peel out of the driveway, after losing a third game of Uno in a row.  Two hours later, your blood sugar has spiked because of the stressful exit.

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