Diabetes For Canadians For Dummies

Want to know how to manage your diabetes? This friendly book offers you reassuring guidance in putting together a state-of-the-art treatment program, Discover all the advances in monitoring glucose, the latest medications, and how to develop a diet and exercise plan to stay healthy, Full of interesting anecdotes and helpful advice, this is your ultimate diabetes reference,

• Get the latest information - read about the newest recommendations from the Canadian Diabetes Association and the up-and-coming advances in medicines and monitors

• Handle low and high blood-glucose emergencies - learn how to identify the symptoms that require urgent attention and how to treat the problem

• Manage diabetes and pregnancy - know what to do during pregnancy to help ensure a healthy baby

• Get to know your health care team - find the health care providers you need, from your family physician to your diabetes nurse educator to your dietitian, and more

• Manage your diabetes through exercise and nutritional know-how - achieve and maintain good diabetes health with suggested exercises and healthy eating tips

• Control your blood glucose through medication - find out everything you need to know, from treatment tips to potential side-effects

'Finally there is a book that I can recommend to people with diabetes,'
-Dr, Anne Kenshole, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Open the book and find:

• The symptoms and causes of your diabetes

• How to monitor and record your blood glucose levels

• Tips for taking and caring for insulin

• Guidance on getting the vitamins and minerals you need from your diet

• How to incorporate exercise into your diabetes treatment plan

• What you need to know about alternative medicines

• Ways to get the best possible health care

• Useful Web sites to help keep you informed

Alan L, Rubin, MD, has had a private practice specializing in diabetes for over 30 years and is the author of several For Dummies books,