Diabetes: The New Type 2 Your Complete Handbook to Living Healthfully with Diabetes Type 2

by Biermann, June; Valentine, Virginia; Toohey, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781585426706
• ISBN10: 1585426709
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-11
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

An up-to-the minute, whole-life guide to living with and managing type 2 diabetes, the fastest-growing form of the disease in the United States and around the world. With 1.5 million new cases diagnosed each year, diabetes is a certified American epidemic—7 percent of the U.S. population will be diagnosed with diabetes in their lives, with type 2 diabetes the fastest-growing form of the disease. In Diabetes: The New Type 2, a registered nurse specializing in diabetic ailments and two diabetes educators (two of whom are diabetics themselves) deliver medical and lifestyle advice with good humor, high energy, and straight talk. This update of their classic Diabetes Type 2 and What to Dois filled with essential information on the latest developments in leading a healthy, happy life with type 2 diabetes. Learn about the basics of maintaining good physical and emotional health, the most current diabetes studies and information, as well as: · Breakthroughs in medication, diet, and exercise to maintain healthy glucose levels · Lowering your risk for heart attacks, strokes, and other diabetes-related health conditions · Caring for children with type 2 diabetes · Diabetes and Alzheimer’s, and much more An invaluable resource, Diabetes: The New Type 2is a high- energy, user-friendly approach to one of the most prevalent health issues of our time.

Author Biography

Virginia Valentine, CNS, BC-ADM, CDE, is a clinical nurse specialist and certified diabetes educator with more than fifteen years of experience. A type 2 diabetic, she lives in Arizona.

June Biermann and Barbara Toohey are the authors of the classic diabetes handbooks The Diabetic-'s Book and The Diabetic-'s Total Health and Happiness Book, as well as seven other health books. June has lived as a type 1 diabetic for more than thirty years.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 1
How to Use This Book: Three for the Road to Understanding Type 2 Diabetes	p. 3
Introduction: The Worst of Times, The Best of Times	p. 5
Type 2 Diabetes: What Is This Thing Called Diabetes?	p. 15
Definitions of Diabetes	p. 20
"Thrifty" Genes	p. 30
Who Gets Diabetes?	p. 33
Hypertension and Diabetes	p. 37
Ways and Means of Control: Doing What You Have to Do	p. 45
Goals for Blood Sugar Levels	p. 47
Glycohemoglobin Test	p. 58
Urine and Blood Glucose Testing	p. 59
Keeping Records	p. 75
Medication: Pills and Insulin and Lizard Spit!	p. 77
Buying Supplies	p. 94
Exercise: Your Lifetime Savings Plan	p. 105
Benefits of Exercise	p. 107
Setting Goals	p. 111
Stretching	p. 117
Walking: Shoes and Socks	p. 122
Strength Training	p. 132
Food, Diet, Nutrition: The "Only More So" Disease	p. 146
Swimming in the Conservative Mainstream: The Low-Fat, High-Carbohydrate, High-Fiber Diet	p. 148
The "Fast Fast"	p. 149
Low-Fat Lifestyle	p. 153
Restaurant Dining	p. 159
Binge Eating	p. 162
Carbohydrates	p. 165
Glycemic Index	p. 167
Fiber	p. 174
Snacking	p. 177
Riding the Radical Rapids: The Low-Carbohydrate, High-Protein Diet	p. 180
Emotional Aspects of Diabetes: My Enemy/My Friend	p. 189
Denial	p. 192
Motivation	p. 197
Attitude	p. 198
Family and Friends	p. 203
Stress	p. 206
Sex	p. 213
Fear of Insulin Injection	p. 219
Adjusting to Loss of Spontaneity	p. 221
Paying the Bill for Diabetes: Dollars and Nonsense	p. 225
Health Insurance	p. 228
Generic Drugs	p. 229
HMOs	p. 232
Private Insurance	p. 235
Pooled-Risk and COBRA Insurance	p. 239
Medigap and Senior Plans	p. 242
Diabetes in Children and Young People: Youth Must Be Served-Especially When They Develop Diabetes	p. 244
Dietary Considerations for Children and Young People with Type 2 Diabetes	p. 249
Exercise for Children and Young People with Type 2 Diabetes	p. 253
Television	p. 255
Too Little Sleep	p. 256
Diabetes in Children and Young People: A Summing Up	p. 258
Taking the Risk Out of Risk Factors	p. 260
Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest	p. 261
Strokes	p. 264
Alzheimer's	p. 266
Glaucoma	p. 268
The ACCORD Study: What You Need to Know	p. 275
Two Little Afterwords	p. 279
At My Age, Why Should I Bother?	p. 279
The Diabetes Gospel According to Virginia Valentine	p. 283
Reference Section	p. 285
A Few of Our Favorite Things	p. 285
Surgical Weight-Loss Options	p. 291
Recommended Reading	p. 295
Diabetes Web Sites	p. 296
Index	p. 299
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