Diabetes For Dummies

The straight facts on treating diabetes and living a full life Want to know how to manage diabetes? Leading diabetes expert Dr. Alan Rubin gives you reassuring, authoritative guidance on putting together a state–of–the–art treatment program. You?ll learn about all the advances in monitoring glucose, the latest medications, and how to develop a diet and exercise plan to stay healthy. Dealing with diabetes — get helpful guidance on understanding the different types of diabetes and dealing with the emotional and psychological consequences of your diagnosis Diabetes and your body — find out what you need to know about both the short– and long–term complications of diabetes Thrive, don?t just survive — discover the dietary changes you need to make to control your blood glucose and how to get the most out of your exercise routine and medications Manage diabetes — recognize the way that diabetes develops at every stage of life (and how to manage it successfully) Stay on the cusp — get the scoop on all the newest developments in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diabetes (and the real deal on misinformation in diabetes treatment) Open the book and find: The symptoms and causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes The tools available to treat diabetes Info on diabetes in children and the elderly The 4–1–1 on glucose monitoring and other tests A type 2 diabetes diet plan What you need to know about medications Considerations for occupational and insurance problems Delicious diabetic–friendly recipes Learn to: Reduce your type 2 diabetes risk Monitor and maintain your glucose Eat right and exercise to stay healthy Treat and prevent short–term and long–term complications