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

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With millions of new cases diagnosed each year, diabetes is fast reaching epidemic proportions worldwide 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 counsellors (two of whom are diabetics themselves) deliver medical and lifestyle advice with good humour, high energy and straight talking. This update of their classic Diabetes Type 2 and What to Do is 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 2 is a high-energy, user-friendly approach to one of the most prevalent health issues of our time.

June Biermann and Barbara Toohey are the founders of the SugarFree Centers, directors of Prana Publications, publishers of the newsletter The Diabetic Reader, and authors of eight other books on diabetes. They live in California.