The Handy Diabetes Answer Book

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?