Diet plays a central (even the central) role in how every person with diabetes manages his or her condition each day. While much is known about diabetes, exactly what everyone who has the condition should be eating continues to generate enormous debate among medical and nutrition professionals. Now, in Eating for Diabetes, nutritional therapist Jane Frank provides a complete overview of the best diet for people with diabetes. Based on the very latest diabetes nutrition research, Frank provides nutritional guidelines (including detailed information on the glycemic index and glycemic load), a menu planner, shopping advice, and over 125 delicious, nutritious recipes that cover every meal of the day: breakfast, snacks and drinks, soups and starters, beans and grains, poultry and fish, vegetables and salads, and desserts. Frank puts particular emphasis on fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and provides with each recipe a complete nutritional analysis, including its GI an (more…)

Diabetes may be a daunting disease, but it can be manageable. Completely updated and revised in the new health guide format, this book offers people who have been diagnosed with the disease information to help them live with diabetes. This professional handbook teaches readers to recognize signs and symptoms, monitor blood glucose levels, understand insulin types and quantities, select the right medication, and more. Written by an experienced health writer who runs a diabetes Web site, this sourcebook offers diabetes sufferers the information they need to live happy, healthy lives. This edition includes completely new material on the latest testing methods, risk factors and special considerations, and gestational and childhood diabetes.

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Paula Ford-Martin is the Executive Producer of dLifeTV and the Managing Editor of dLife, a diabetes education multimedia network. She is the author of several Everything books. Ian Blumer, M.D. (ww (more…)

Although Dr. Allen’s modifications of the classical treatment of saccharine diabetes have been in use only for about two years in the hands of their author, and for a much shorter time in those of other physicians, it seems to me already clearly proven that Dr. Allen has notably advanced our ability to combat the disease.

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Lewis Hill has been a nurseryman for more than 55 years. He is the author of 15 books (half written in collaboration with his wife, Nancy Hill) that total more than 600,000 copies in print. Lewis’s Secrets of Plant Propagation was selected by American Horticultural Society as one of its choices for the “75 Great Garden Books.” The Hills live in Greensboro, Vermont, where Lewis’s family has been living and farming for 200 years.

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A vital sourcebook for the millions of American women diagnosed with type 2 diabetes The Type 2 Diabetes Sourcebook for Women answers women’s questions about how to manage diabetes and shows how to cope with the disease to live a fuller, healthier life. A major revision of M. Sara Rosenthal’s guide on the subject, The Type 2 Diabetes Sourcebook for Women focuses on: The revised screening guidelines for diagnosis The latest medications and treatments available How women’s hormones interact with insulin How menopause and pregnancy affect diabetes management How low-carb diets can be dangerous for women with type 2 diabetes How to follow the ADA carb counting guidelines while avoiding weight gain

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A vital sourcebook for the millions of women diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Are you living with Type 2 diabetes? If so, you’re not alone. More women are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes today than (more…)

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“In 50 highly readable chapters, Gretchen Becker swoops between the banal and the sublime in unforgettable language…. Bravo!” — John Walsh, P.A., C.D.E., and Ruth Roberts, M.A., authors of Pumping Insulin, STOP the Rollercoaster, and Using Insulin, and directors of The Diabetes Mall at www.diabetesnet.com”Read Stop Diabetes! You have everything to gain including knowledge and peace of mind.” — June Biermann and Barbara Toohey, founders of the Sugarfree Diabetes centers and authors of nine books on diabetes, including the most recent Diabetes Total Health and Happiness Book”[Gretchen Becker] writes with such authority and at the same time so clearly….and with a delightful sense of humor.” — Rick Mendosa, diabetes journalist

An estimated sixteen million Americans have prediabetes, a condition that often leads to full-blown diabetes—and nearly one million Americans will be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the next year. But everyone a (more…)

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Dr. Jen Nash is a Clinical Psychologist who has lived with diabetes for more than 20 years. She is a Speaker for national diabetes charities and runs a private practice helping hundreds of people with diabetes to achieve optimal mental health and wellbeing.This guide will teach you the symptoms and causes of diabetes related mental health issues and explain why people with diabetes are paricularly at risk of experiencing them. If you feel stressed and depressed by the constant demands of caring for your diabetes or if life with diabetes is getting you down, then this practical, easy-to-read guide is for you. You will learn a set of well-researched techniques that can help you to break free of your low and negative moods and meet the challenges of your diabetes self-care regime with a fresh motivation, improving your health and wellbeing.It presents: The common ‘Thinking Errors’ that keep people with diabetes stuckThe simple, 5-step process for tackling thesePractical e (more…)

The Most Trustworthy Source for Canadians with Type 2 Diabetes Trusted by Canadian doctors and patients for over ten years, The Canadian Type 2 Diabetes Sourcebook is the only medically researched guidebook that allows you to learn about diabetes directly from the experts. This one-stop resource provides everything you need to know about managing Type 2 diabetes, creating the best health care team for you, and understanding the latest medical advice. Updated and aligned with the most recent clinical guidelines, this new edition covers the most up-to-date medications, lifestyle recommendations, and treatment options, with entirely new information about pediatric Type 2 diabetes. INSIDE: Diabetes basics-the what, who, and why Creating your diabetes health care team Testing your blood sugar and managing the highs and lows What to eat and how to maintain a healthy diet, including low glycemic eating The role of active living Diab (more…)

Having Type 2 Diabetes doesn’t have to mean putting your life on hold. Find out how to control the condition and live life to the fullest with this easy-to-follow guide. There are simple lifestyle changes to ensure good health like: What foods to eat and how to become more active. The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow with the full-color photography that shows you how to monitor your blood glucose level. This important book answers the questions on diet, exercise, and medication that everyone needs to know about Type 2 Diabetes. Layout in highly accessible Q&A format Includes a comprehensive section on diet and exercise Approved by the American Diabetes Association

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Rosemary Walker has 16 years experience as a diabetes specialist nurse, chaired the Royal College of Nursing Diabetes Forum, and was a member of the standard-setting UK Government’s Expert Reference Group. Jill Rodgers has over 20 years of clinical n (more…)

Abstract: Aims Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study assesses the impact of 1) metformin on GI symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and 2) metformin-associated GI symptoms on medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes newly beginning therapy. Methods Patients with T2DM aged ≥ 18 years starting metformin from January to June 2007 who filled their prescriptions for ≥ 3 months were identified from a health benefits company database. Via telephone, GI symptom impact was evaluated in a 360-patient sample using the validated Bowel Symptom Questionnaire and Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health (SF-36) survey. Adherence was assessed using the medication possession ratio (MPR). Logistic regression adjusting for demographic and clinical covariates was used to assess the relationship between GI symptoms and MPR
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“Jean Betschart-Roemer has written a warm, wise book, filled with valuable information and advice. Highly recommended for teens living with Type 2 diabetes and their parents.” ( Richard R. Rubin, PhD, CDE Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

Get a handle on your diabetes and get on with your life! If you’re a teenager who has Type 2 diabetes, you’re not alone. More and more people your age are being diagnosed with Type 2–and most of them also struggle with their diabetes treatment. The first book of its kind, Type 2 Diabetes in Teens was written to help you better understand and manage your diabetes. It’s very important that you take care of yourself and follow your treatment–and this book gives you information on living well, including: How to keep blood sugar in control • What to do when you get cravings • How to manage your diabetes in school • (more…)