Conquering Diabetes : A Complete Program for Prevention and Treatment

by Peters, Anne

• ISBN13: 9780452285590
• ISBN10: 0452285593
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-28
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

The numbers are epidemic - more than 60 million Americans have prediabetes or diabetes - and the complications (heart disease, blindness, kidney failure) can be devastating. But they are not inevitable, says Anne Peters, M.D., who, in Conquering Diabetes, explains how prediabetes can be reversed and diabetes can be conquered. Millions of afflicted Americans are confused, frightened, and often receiving sub-par treatment from inexperienced primary care physicians. As a university-based researcher and clinician, Dr. Peters is at the forefront of the latest developments in the prevention and treatment of the disease. Conquering Diabetes offers readers a complete program, including what foods to eat/avoid, which medications help/hurt, and how to get the best treatment from your doctor.

Author Biography

DR. ANNE PETERS is an internationally respected diabetologist and one of the top twenty physicians treating diabetes in the country. She is professor of medicine and director of the USC Clinical Diabetes Programs; her research has been published in JAMA, the American Journal of Medicine, and Diabetes Care. She has appeared on Larry King Live.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	xi
PART ONE UNDERSTANDING THE DIAGNOSIS
ONE: Diagnosis of Diabetes and Prediabetes	3	(16)
TWO: The Diabetes Spectrum	19	(12)
THREE: The Best Possible Health Care Begins with You	31	(14)
PART TWO PREVENTING DIABETES
FOUR: The Hidden Disorders: Syndrome X, the Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance Syndrome, and Prediabetes	45	(18)
FIVE: Carbohydrate-Sensitive (Formerly, Reactive) Hypoglycemia	63	(7)
SIX: Female Troubles: Insulin Resistance, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, and Gestational Diabetes	70	(19)
SEVEN: Creating Healthy Habits: A Simple Approach to Nutrition and Exercise for Preventing Diabetes	89	(40)
EIGHT: Beyond Lifestyle Changes: Medications That Treat Prediabetes	129	(14)
PART THREE UNDERSTANDING AND TREATING TYPE 2 DIABETES
NINE: Type 2 Diabetes: The Stealth Disease	143	(18)
TEN: Get Real About Nutrition and Exercise	161	(25)
ELEVEN: Using Pills to Treat Diabetes	186	(24)
TWELVE: The Art of Using Insulin	210	(12)
THIRTEEN: Preventing and Treating Type 2 Complications	222	(31)
PART FOUR MASTERING TYPE 1 DIABETES
FOURTEEN: Type 1: The Other Diabetes	253	(11)
FIFTEEN: Using Insulin in the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes	264	(21)
SIXTEEN: Pregnancy and the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes	285	(6)
SEVENTEEN: The Benefits of Carbohydrate Counting	291	(13)
EIGHTEEN: The Exercise Advantage	304	(15)
Epilogue A Prescription for the Future	319	(8)
Appendix	327	(12)
Notes	339	(2)
Index	341