Product Description

Bestseller! Features new information on metabolic syndrome

Take control of your diabetes and live well

Don′t just survive – thrive! That′s the message of this state–of–the–art guide to diabetes management, now updated to include the latest advances in therapy for diabetes and its complications. From causes, symptoms, and side effects to treatments and diet, this book delivers sound advice on staying fit and feeling great.

∗ Understand and manage diabetes
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Choose a diet plan that suits you
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Prevent long–term complications
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Care for someone who has diabetes
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Manage high blood pressure, cholesterol, and kidney problems


′. . . diabetic patients . . . should arm themselves with sugar cubes, glucose tablets, boiled sweets . . . but also with a copy of Diabetes For Dummies . . .′
– Dr Thomas Stuttaford, The Times

′. . . combines clarity with depth and detail . . .′
– Yoga and Health magazine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13236 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 396 pages

Review
“This comprehensive guide explains the causes, symptoms and effects of diabetes as well as looking at all aspects of treatments and diets." (Sunday Times, 9th March 2008)

"Informative guide in the ′Dummies′ format" (SWEET, October 2008)

Review
“This comprehensive guide explains the causes, symptoms and effects of diabetes as well as looking at all aspects of treatments and diets." (Sunday Times, 9th March 2008)

Yoga & Health, January 2004
"..a well researched compendium of advice and information on all aspects of diabetes..combines clarity with depth and detail.."

Customer Reviews

review Diabetes for Dummies
Excellent book - explains everthing about diabetes in terms that even a dummy like me can understand. Have just ordered 2 more copies as presents for friends, (if I lend them this copy I'll definitely never see it again) and a copy of the cookbook in the series for myself.

Probably the only diabetes book you'll ever need
If you (or someone you know) have just been diagnosed with diabetes, then I can't recommend this book too highly. I bought it when I was first diagnosed and still refer to it regularly.

The chatty, good humoured, "Dummies" approach works well in breaking down this complex (and scary) subject into bite-sized chunks. It covers all the basics and there are specific chapters on things like diabetes in childhood and in old-age. The recipes are a complete waste of time, but only take up a few pages. There are all helpful appendices that come with the "Dummies" brand and an excellent index.

When buying this (or any other diabetes book), make sure that you get the UK edition: many books are written for the American market and they do things differently there.

Helpful guide for the newly diagnosed -- recommended
My partner was recently diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and we needed to educate ourselves -- quickly -- about how to cope with the condition.
This is an excellent, easy to read guide, which has proved to be extremely useful for us. It is written by medical professionals but is in plain, accessible English which means you can answer a query quickly, and come back for more in-depth information later.
It covers both Type 1 and 2, and offers an overall guide to medication, exercise, diet and how to cope with it all. There are also plenty of case studies which are based on real people, so you relate to the information and how it is effective in a practical situation.
It is more detailed and informative than the Diabetes UK website, and much more balanced than the more personal guidebooks which we have also seen.
The information is broken up into useful chapters and bite-size chunks. Nothing difficult to handle, and the index makes finding a particular subject (testing glucose levels / hypoglcaemia / GI levels / complications / whatever) very easy.

As well as being useful for actual diabetic patients, this book is also brilliant for the family. It explains mood swings and depression, and how to help the person who is suffering.
It's a book about how to live well despite diabetes -- and has proved to be extremely useful, eductional, practical and uplifting.

It is only marked down by one star because the information stops too soon for us -- we could have done with more detailed medical chapters explaining the how and why of things. Our probliem is now that there's very little to bridge the gap between basic guides for the layman and full-blown medical textbooks!