Diabetes For Dummies

Alan L. Rubin, MD, is one of the nation's foremost authorities on diabetes. He is the author of Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies, Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, and Prediabetes For Dummies.

Introduction 1 Part I: Dealing with the Onset of Diabetes 7 Chapter 1: Dealing with Diabetes 9 Chapter 2: It s the Glucose and the Hemoglobin A1c 19 Chapter 3: Defi ning the Various Types of Diabetes 31 Part II: How Diabetes Affects Your Body 49 Chapter 4: Battling Short-Term Complications 51 Chapter 5: Preventing Long-Term Complications 65 Chapter 6: Diabetes, Sexual Function, and Pregnancy 99 Part III: Managing Diabetes: The Thriving with Diabetes Lifestyle Plan 117 Chapter 7: Glucose Monitoring and Other Tests 119 Chapter 8: Diabetes Diet Plan 151 Chapter 9: Keep It Moving: Creating Your Exercise Plan 175 Chapter 10: Medications: What You Should Know 195 Chapter 11: Diabetes Is Your Show 227 Chapter 12: Putting Your Knowledge to Work for You 237 Part IV: Special Considerations for Living with Diabetes 243 Chapter 13: Your Child Has Diabetes 245 Chapter 14: Diabetes and the Elderly 261 Chapter 15: Occupational and Insurance Problems 269 Chapter 16: What s New in Diabetes Care 281 Chapter 17: What Doesn t Work When You Treat Diabetes 289 Part V: The Part of Tens 299 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Prevent or Reverse the Effects of Diabetes 301 Chapter 19: Ten (Or So) Myths about Diabetes That You Can Forget 307 Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Get Others to Help You 313 Part VI: Appendixes 319 Appendix A: Dr W W Web 321 Appendix B: Glossary 331 Appendix C: Mini-Cookbook 339 Index 369