Diabetes for Dummies
by Alan L. Rubin M.D.

Getting a diagnosis of diabetes can be a terrible shock. Even when the shock has worn off and you begin to come to terms with the fact that you have a serious and chronic illness, there are only so many questions that you can ask your doctor. The problem is that there are numerous things you need to know. In fact, without more information, you can feel that you don't even know the questions you need to ask.

This book, Diabetes for Dummies, is an excellent place to start. It answers all those basic questions that crowd into your head in the days after the initial diagnosis. Here are a sample of chapters from the early pages:

• How diabetes affects your body
• Dealing with the diagnosis
• Getting to know your diabetes
• Moving on: maintaining a high quality of life

Better still, the book contains so much information on type 1 and type 2 diabetes that it will remain a constant reference well after you have become familiar with diabetes and it effects.

Amongst other topics, it deals with:

• short-term and long-term complications like kidney and heart disease
• sexual function
• pregnancy and diabetes
• exercise and why it is essential
• medication and how the different types work
• children with diabetes
• the elderly with diabetes

These are just a few of the subjects in the book. There is also a useful mini cookbook, a list of food exchanges and diabetes web resources.

If you or a family member have just been diagnosed with diabetes or even if you have had a the disease for a while and want a good book on the subject, I can recommend this one without reservation. It is well written and even more difficult aspects are made easy to understand. Even if you never buy another book on the subject, get this one.

Quick Facts

Title: Diabetes for Dummies

Author: Alan L. Rubin M.D.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

ISDN: 076455154X

Binding: Softback

Pages: 375

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