The Handy Diabetes Answer Book provides detailed information on the research and science on the disease as well as coping with the burden.
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. From scientific explanations of the effects 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 advice on coping with the burden.
An easy-to-use and informative reference, it covers the risks, differences at various life stages, demonstrates how to cope-and live well-through food, exercise and lifestyle choices, and more through well-researched answers to over 950 common questions, such as What were some early common treatments for patients with diabetes? What are some eating challenges for an older person? What are the early warning signs? How do "energy drinks" affect a person's blood glucose levels? What recent study tried to find a way to reverse type 2 diabetes?
"For the person on your list who has questions about a health issue, "The Handy Diabetes Answer Book" by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney is a good book to give. Here are the answers to common questions, affects and ways to cope with diabetes. Wrap it up or give it to yourself as a gift." - Bookworm Sez
"? easy to use and informative ? will help readers to understand diabetes and ? finding ways to help those with the disease, or at least ways to slow down the progression of diabetes. Readers will walk away knowing there are people who care, who can help, and who are truly trying to understand this disease." - SirReadALot.org
"? definitions; history and research; statistics; who gets diabetes; type 1, type 2, prediabetes, and other types of diabetes; connections to other conditions; effects on the senses and various body systems; obesity; coping; monitoring; exercise; nutrition, food, and shopping for food and eating out; and the future of diabetes." - Protoview Book News
