This is the diabetes blockbuster, now revised and updated with 25 percent new material. First published in 1999, this friendly guide has long been our top "For Dummies" health title; a book that has sold more than 180,000 copies and helped people everywhere understand and manage diabetes - a disease that has climbed to epidemic levels in recent years. Now, significantly revised and updated, this new edition will be even more useful to the 17 million Americans currently diagnosed with diabetes and the one million more who are diagnosed every year. The second edition covers important advances in blood sugar meters, the latest medications and insulin treatments, and new ways to use older medications, offering anyone with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes all the facts they need to put together a state-of-the-art treatment program with a doctor. The book also incorporates new information on diet and exercise, including an updated discussion of the glycemic index, an evaluation of Atkins and other low-carb diets, the latest on recommended and forbidden foods, and a new 10,000-step exercise plan.
Leading endocrinologist, Alan Rubin, offers specific advice to parents with obese children who are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, pregnant women who may develop gestational diabetes, and elderly patients who suffer from the condition and provides information on coping with long-term complications, such as heart disease, blindness, and kidney failure. In short, this perennial bestseller is better and more indispensable than ever. Alan L. Rubin, MD (San Francisco, CA), has had a private practice specializing diabetes and thyroid disease for more than 28 years and is one of the nation's foremost authorities on diabetes. A former assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, he is also the author of "Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies" (0-7645-5230-9), "Thyroid For Dummies" (0-7645-5385-2), and "High Blood Pressure For Dummies" (0-7645-5424-7).
- ISBN10 1282368052
- ISBN13 9781282368057
- Publish Date 20 October 2008 (first published 6 August 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 February 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint For Dummies
- Format eBook
- Pages 411
- Language English