A practical, accessible and informative guide to overcoming and managing a wide spread affliction!
Whether young, old, type 1, type 2, gestational, newly-diagnosed, long-time sufferer, caretaker or loved one, millions of people are afflicted and affected by diabetes. The CDC estimates 9.3% of the population in the U.S. and Canada have diabetes, with millions more with prediabetes. From scientific explanations of the affects of diabetes on the human body to monitoring, maintaining, exercising and eating right, The Handy Diabetes Answer Book provides detailed information on the research and science on the disease as well as coping with the burden.
The Handy Diabetes Answer Book is the go-to guide for diabetics, prediabetics, their loved-ones and care-takers. It explains who is most at risk, and points to the differences throughout life stages. It looks at the science behind its affects on the sense, brain and the various systems of the human body. It demonstrates how to cope with—and live well—through food, exercise and life style choices.
This useful resource shows how and why the disease affects the body, and provides glimpses of historical and contemporary figures with diabetes. It answers questions in plain English on all aspects of the condition. It also introduces the scientists behind breakthrough advances in care. Easy to use and informative reference, brings the complexity of the illness into focus and provides practical assistance for managing the malady through the well-researched answers to nearly 950 common questions, such as …
Providing the facts, stats, science, and a little bit of history, The Handy Diabetes Answer Book answers important questions about managing and maintaining a healthy life. This informative book also includes a helpful bibliography, glossary of terms, and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.
Table of Content
Introduction1. Diabetes Basics 2. Who Gets Diabetes 3. Type 1 Diabetes 4. Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes 5. Other Types of Diabetes 6. Diabetes Affects on Sleep, Allergies and Other Diseases 7. Diabetes and the Senses 8. Diabetes Affects on Bones, Joints, Muscles, Teeth, and Skin 9. Diabetes Affects on the Endocrine System 10. Diabetes Affects on the Nervous System 11. Diabetes Affects on the Circulatory System 12. Diabetes Affects on the Digestive System 13. Diabetes Affects on the Urinary System 14. Diabetes Affects on the Reproductive System 15. Diabetes and Obesity 16. Coping with Diabetes 17. Controlling Diabetes 18. Diabetes and Exercise 19. Diabetes and Nutrition 20. Diabetes and Food 21. Grocery Shopping and Eating Out 22. The Future and Diabetes
Appendices A. Food Exchanges B. Glycemic Indexes and Loads of Some Common Foods C. Resources, Web Sites and Apps Glossary of Terms Index
About the author
Thomas E. Svarney is a scientist who has written extensively about the natural world. His books, with Patricia Barnes-Svarney, include Visible Ink Press’The Handy Anatomy Answer Book, The Handy Biology Answer Book, and
The Handy Nutrition Answer Book, and he is also the author of
Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness around the World and
The Oryx Guide to Natural History.
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