Diabetes For Dummies - Softcover

Rubin, Alan L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118294475 ISBN 13: 9781118294475

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2012

Synopsis

Title: Diabetes for Dummies <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: AlanL.Rubin <>Publisher: ForDummies

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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

About the Author:

Alan L. Rubin, MD, is one of the nation′s foremost authorities on diabetes. He is the author of Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies, Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, and Prediabetes For Dummies.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118294475
• ISBN 13: 9781118294475
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 408