• ISBN13: 9780764551543
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Wiley
• Publication Date: June 16, 1999
• Pages: 371
• Original Price: USD 21.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1000 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): N/A

About the Book Diabetes is all about sugar. And for the millions of people worldwide who live with one of the two forms of the disease, diabetes also is all about understanding causes, symptoms, treatments, and the importance of diet and exercise. Among medical conditions, few diseases have been shown to affect every part of the person. Diabetes claims that reputation, making knowledge the best medicine for thriving with - not just surviving - this common mind and body health challenge. A diagnosis of diabetes may send shivers through the patient, ripples that reach out to family, friends, associates, acquaintances, and folks who'll someday cross paths - personally or professionally. Diabetes For Dummies speaks to anyone who wants to know what the disease will mean in their own or someone else's experience, from the first moment when the word darts out of the doctor's mouth through all the ups and down of a long and satisfying life. This down-to-earth, compassionate guide gives you the nitty-gritty on wa ys to

• Prevent and manage diabetes
• Choose the best treatment plan
• Find the right practitioner
• Build a support team
• Stick to an effective diet program
• Locate additional help online

• Working through your initial reaction to a diagnosis of diabetes.
• Knowing what whether you have type 1 or type 2.
• Battling short- and long-term complications.
• Monitoring your glucose.
• Managing the disease with diet and exercise.
• Helping your child or parent handle his or her own diabetes.
• Cooking up diabetes-friendly meals with tasty recipes.

Alan L. Rubin, M.D., a member of the American Diabetes Association, has had a private practice specializing in diabetes for 25 years.