Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Dealing with the Onset of Diabetes 7
Chapter 1: Dealing with Diabetes 9
Chapter 2: It’s the Glucose 19
Chapter 3: Pre-diabetes: The Early Years 31
Chapter 4: What Type of Diabetes Do You Have? 43
Part II: How Diabetes Affects Your Body 63
Chapter 5: Battling Short-term Complications 65
Chapter 6: Preventing Long-term Complications 79
Chapter 7: Diabetes, Sexual Function and Pregnancy 109
Part III: Managing Diabetes: The ‘Thriving with Diabetes’ Lifestyle Plan 127
Chapter 8: Glucose Monitoring and Other Tests 129
Chapter 9: Diabetes Diet Plan 149
Chapter 10: Keeping It Moving: Exercise Plan 181
Chapter 11: Medication: What You Should Know 197
Chapter 12: Diabetes Is Your Show 231
Chapter 13: Putting Your Knowledge to Work 243
Part IV: Special Considerations for Living with Diabetes 249
Chapter 14: Your Child Has Diabetes 251
Chapter 15: Diabetes in Your Later Years 267
Chapter 16: Driving and Occupational Problems 277
Chapter 17: What’s New in Diabetes Care 289
Chapter 18: What Doesn’t Work When You’re Treating Diabetes 303
Part V: The Part of Tens 313
Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Prevent or Reverse the Effects of Diabetes 315
Chapter 20: Ten Myths about Diabetes That You Can Forget 321
Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Get Others to Help You 327
Part VI: Appendixes 335
Appendix A: Mini Cookbook 337
Appendix B: Exchange Lists 369
Appendix C: Dr WW Web 379
Index 389