1,000 Years of Diabetes Wisdom

Manufacturer: American Diabetes Association Brand: American Diabetes Association Color: Multicolor

From famous chef and television show host Mr. Food® (Art Ginsburg)--with special recipe contributions and daily diabetes living tips from Miss America 1999 Nicole Johnson, Mr. Food®'s Cocina Rapida y Facil Para Personas con Diabetes features more than 150 recipes in Spanish, including snacks, salads, soups, poultry, meat, seafood, vegetarian fare, and desserts.

Manufacturer: American Diabetes Association Brand: Brand: American Diabetes Association

In this new edition of an essential text, diabetes experts define the progressive nature of type 2 diabetes; examine cardiovascular, microvascular, and neurologic complications; describe care methodologies for special situations,such as pregnancy and hospitalization; and illustrate methods of behavior change. This book will enhance your knowledge of type 2 diabetes and bolster your skills in caring for patients with diabetes.

Manufacturer: New Harbinger Publications Brand: newharbingerpublications, inc

You’ve been diagnosed with diabetes. Now what? Your doctor has given you directions on what you can do to control your blood sugar. Now you need to find a way to commit to smart choices for better health. And you need to deal with some uncomfortable feelings that might arise in the process. This book offers a powerful and proven new approach that can help you make it happen.Based on new research using acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a bold new direction in psychology, these techniques will help you move past cravings, find motivation to exercise, and manage anxiety that you might feel when you test your blood sugar level. You’ll learn how to embrace the changes you’ll need to make in order to jumpstart your new, healthful lifestyle.

Manufacturer: Tiffin Pr of Maine Brand: Brand: Tiffin Pr of Maine

Here is a special book inviting the reader to experience the challenges of growing up with diabetes. It is not a diabetes manual. Though filled with information on diabetes, it reads like a novel. Six families with diabetes come alive through the sensitive and humorous writings of Dr. Joan MacCracken. We find ourselves drawn to their story. At the diabetes camp we meet Sam, a father privately struggling with his daughter's and his own diabetes, and Becky, a bitter teenager, resentful about her chronic condition. We share poignant moments as family members express their deepest concerns and frustrations about this incurable disease. Mac Cracken's book is filled with feelings because there is nothing cut-and-dried about diabetes

Manufacturer: American Diabetes Association Brand: Brand: American Diabetes Association

Diabetes jargon have you confused and perplexed? Then Diabetes de la A a la Z is just want the doctor ordered. Medications, treatments, guidelines 50 vital categories that encompass everything from alcohol to vitamins and weight loss. [Translated into Spanish.]

Manufacturer: American Diabetes Association Brand: American Diabetes Association

Finally, there is a far more practical book on foot care for people with diabetes written especially for the non-specialist primary care provider. Contents include foot exams, risk classification, infection, foot ulcers, debridement, evaluation, and more. All chapters are written by diabetic foot care specialists.

Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

After Gretchen Becker was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1996, she educated herself on every aspect of this chronic condition — by reading medical and scientific books and journals, talking with doctors and listening to her own body. In 2001, she marshaled everything she had learned as a "patient-expert" into the first edition of this book, which she has now completely updated and revised. The First Year®—Type 2 Diabetes uniquely guides you step-by-step through your first year with diabetes, walking you through everything you need to learn and do each day of your first week after diagnosis, each subsequent week of the first month, and each subsequent month of the crucial first year. In clear, concise, accessible language, Becker covers a wide range of practical, medical, and lifestyle issues, beginning with coming to terms with your diagnosis and then moving on to subjects including: Choosing the diet that is best for you The role of exercise Daily blood-glucose testing routines and understanding lab tests Medications and supplements Networking with others Insurance issues Traveling and socializing

Manufacturer: American Diabetes Association Brand: Brand: American Diabetes Association

The award-winning breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu planning series has been completely revised to reflect the most recent updates in nutrition values and exchange information. What hasn't changed is that fats, calories, and exchanges are already figured for the reader--automatically.

Manufacturer: American Diabetes Association Color: Blue

The insulin pump has opened a whole new world for people with diabetes­­more flexibility in what and when they eat and better blood sugar control, too. Smart Pumping integrates this new successful technology with the physical and psychological aspects of diabetes care, and helps patients adopt the insulin pump into their self-care regime. This book combines a comprehensive medical approach toward intensive diabetes management and pump therapy with a patient-centered appreciation of the real-life challenges and frustrations. Howard Wolpert, M.D., is an instructor in medicine at the Harvard Medical School Joslin Diabetes Center and is also in charge of the pump clinic there. He has written extensively on the use of insulin pumps.