The answers to an epidemic - now updated. The millions of people diagnosed with diabetes can learn how to live a healthy, normal life with this guide. It teaches readers how to explore all of the available treatments, monitor and manage blood glucose levels, recognize warning signs of low blood sugar, buy, use, and store insulin, make new diet and lifestyle choices, incorporate daily exercise, and avoid long and short-term complications. - Includes the first-ever released American Diabetes Association official dietary Guidelines - Updated content on new medications and monitors - More information for those who have become insulin resistant or have pre-diabetes

For those 18 million Americans who suffer from diabetes, preparing meals that are both tasty and medically responsible can be very difficult. Throw in the culinary preferences of other family members and finding meals that everyone can enjoy can seem impossible, right . . ? Not any more. The Complete Idiot s Guide to Terrific Diabetic Mealsoffers readers 300 recipes the whole family can get excited about. From appetizers to desserts and everything in between, this book focuses on the everyday kinds of recipes that families have grown to love and can put together with the ingredients they tend to keep around the house.

Cook these recipes up-and keep blood sugar down. With over 325 delicious and healthy recipes, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Glycemic Index Cookbook is an invaluable reference for choosing foods according to their GI-a system of classifying carbohydrate-based foods by how much they raise blood sugar. Diabetes, insulin resistance, heart disease, and obesity may be avoided by following the glycemic index. Practical and easy to use, this is the one cookbook anyone concerned with their blood sugar will want to have in the kitchen. • More than 325 recipes • Includes both the GI value and a GL (glycemic load) rating for each recipe • 18 million people in the U.S. have type 2 diabetes and the number is growing

A detailed introduction to Type 2 diabetes explains what it is and how it differs from Type I diabetes, the impact of the ailment on lifestyle and health, and strategies for managing diabetes to live a healthy and normal life. Original.

The rapid emergence of Type 2 diabetes has become one of the most urgent health issues facing not only Americans, but people around the globe. For those suffering from diabetes, managing the disease is a delicate and often confusing balancing act that is highly unpredictable and can be, at times, life-threatening. Effective diabetes management requires not only daily effort, but knowledge in order to control side effects. However, armed with that essential knowledge, diabetes sufferers can lead normal and healthy lives, with minimal issues. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Managing Diabetes Fast-Track gives you critical yet practical insight to help manage the disease and minimize the risks. You will learn how to manage daily diet choices, as well long-term dietary habits so the illness doesn't progress. You will also learn the simple lifestyle changes that can make a huge difference and take your health from suffering to thriving. Helpful advice for managing medications and keeping diabetes in check when diet and exercise aren't enough is included so you are armed with the tools and practical guidance they need to lead a normal, healthy life.

When someone is trying to curb his or her sodium intake, preparing food that is tasty and nutritious can be difficult. This book offers readers over 250 recipes the whole family can enjoy. From appetizers to desserts and everything in between, this book focuses on everyday recipes families will love, put together with simple and flavourful salt substitutes. Over 250 appealing, easy-to-prepare recipes, including snacks, sauces, and condiments, categories often loaded with sodium. Covers the many herbs and spices that can be used as salt substitutes and provides advice on how to find the hidden sodium content in unlabelled foods and when eating out. More than 65 million Americans suffer from hypertension.