Free Download Ebook DK Type2 Diabetes - Your Questions Answered

Free Download Ebook DK Type2 Diabetes - Your Questions Answered
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Paperback : 210 Pages | Language : English
File Size : 2.17 Mb | File Format : PDF

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Having Type 2 Diabetes doesn't have to mean putting your life on hold. Find out how to control the condition and live life to the fullest with this easy-to-follow guide. There are simple lifestyle changes to ensure good health like: What foods to eat and how to become more active. The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow with the full-color photography that shows you how to monitor your blood glucose level. This important book answers the questions on diet, exercise, and medication that everyone needs to know about Type 2 Diabetes.

Layout in highly accessible Q&A format.
Includes a comprehensive section on diet and exercise.
Approved by the American Diabetes Association.

About the Author:

Rosemary Walker has 16 years experience as a diabetes specialist nurse, chaired the Royal College of Nursing Diabetes Forum, and was a member of the standard-setting UK Government's Expert Reference Group.

Jill Rodgers has over 20 years of clinical nursing experience and has worked in diabetes care since 1994.

American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information, and advocacy.

Contents:

What is Type 2 diabetes?                           Eating out 62
Understanding diabetes 10                         Alcohol 64
How your body uses glucose 16                Why weight and body shape matter 66
Type 2 diabetes and heart disease 18        How to lose weight 70
Causes of Type 2 diabetes 21
Who gets Type 2 diabetes? 24                  Physical activity
Type 2 diabetes and young people 26       The benefits of physical activity 78
Long-term complications 28                      Physical activity and your blood
Reducing your risk of Type 2                     glucose level 82
diabetes 30                                               Incorporating activity into your life 86
                                                                Getting started and keeping going 88
Finding out you have                                 Becoming more active 90
diabetes                                                    Choosing a physical activity 92
Symptoms of Type 2 diabetes 34              Making activity work for you 96
Diagnosing Type 2 diabetes 36
Dealing with emotions 38                          Monitoring your diabetes
Who’s who in my healthcare team? 40      Understanding your blood glucose
                                                                level 100
Food and drink                                        Monitoring equipment 104
Types of food 46                                     Carrying out a blood glucose test 106
Healthy eating 48                                     What your results mean 110
Reading a food label 53                           The A1c test 113
When to eat 54                                        Understanding your blood
Carbohydrates and the glycemic               pressure 115
  index 56                                                Monitoring blood pressure 118
Healthier cooking 60                               Your annual review  120

Living with diabetes                                 The role of insulin injections 164
Day-to-day life 124                                 Types of insulin 166
Dealing with hypoglycemia 126                Insulin regimens 168
Dealing with hyperglycemia 130               Adjusting your insulin doses 170
Looking after your heart 132                   Insulin equipment 172
Looking after your feet 133                     Injecting yourself 174
Stress and diabetes 138
How to manage stress 140                      Long-term complications
When you are ill 142                               Heart and circulatory disease 180
Women’s health 146                               Eye conditions 184
Caring for someone with diabetes 150     Kidney conditions 188
Living with someone with                         Foot conditions 190
  diabetes 152                                         Depression 194
                                                               Erection difficulties 196
Medication                                              Other conditions 198
Taking pills 156
Pills to treat raised blood glucose 158      Useful addresses 200
Pills for high blood pressure 160              Index 201
Other pills that may be prescribed 162     Acknowledgments 208

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